Question

the teachers at a middle school counted how many computers they had in their classrooms.

computers in classrooms
teacher | number of computers
mrs. jansen | 4
mrs. rossi | 8
mr. morales | 4
mr. lim | 5
mr. schmidt | 4
miss murphy | 5

what is the mean of the numbers?

Explanation:

Sum the values in the data set

$$ \text{Sum} = 4 + 8 + 4 + 5 + 4 + 5 = 30 $$

Count the number of data points

$$ n = 6 $$

Calculate the mean

$$ \text{Mean} = \frac{30}{6} = 5 $$

Answer:

What is the mean of the numbers?
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