Answer:
No, none of the number need to be 48 for the mean to be 48. To get a mean, you add up all the number and divide it by the amount of numbers.
Example:
the mean of 10, 79, 42, 88, 19, and 50 is 48, but the actual number 48 was not part of the set.
10 + 79 + 42 + 88 + 19 + 50 = 288
288 ÷ 6 = 48
The answer is 18.
Just replace the x with 2
The second answer is D) it will increase 8 times
A function that gives the amount that the plant earns per man-hour t years after it opens is 
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Given that
A manufacturing plant earned $80 per man-hour of labor when it opened.
Each year, the plant earns an additional 5% per man-hour.
Need to write a function that gives the amount A(t) that the plant earns per man-hour t years after it opens.
Amount earned by plant when it is opened = $80 per man-hour
As it is given that each year, the plants earns an additional of 5% per man hour
So Amount earned by plant after one year = $80 + 5% of $80 = 80 ( 1 + 0.05) = (80 x 1.05)
Amount earned by plant after two years is given as:

Similarly Amount earned by plant after three years 

Hence a function that gives the amount that the plant earns per man-hour t years after it opens is 