Question

Spencer surveyed five of his friends to find out how many pets they have. His results are shown in the table below. What is the mean number of pets?
Cody has 1 lara has 4 sam has 5 ella has 3 maria has 2

Answer 1

The mean of the number of pets which Spencer has surveyed for five of his friends is number 3.

What is mean of the data set?

The mean of the data is the average value of the given data. The mean of the data is the ratio of sum of all the values of data to the total number of values of data.

Spencer has surveyed five of his friends to known that how many pets they have.

His results are shown in the table below.  Cody has 1 Lara has 4 Sam has 5 Ella has 3 Maria has 2. There are total 5 friends. Thus the mean number of pets is:

$\text{Mean}=\dfrac{1+4+5+3+2}{5}\\\text{Mean}=\dfrac{15}{5}\\\text{Mean}=3$

Thus, the mean of the number of pets which Spencer has surveyed for five of his friends is number 3.

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