Tom started with total 72 chocolate wafers.
<u><em>Explanation</em></u>
The number of chocolate wafers taken by 8 members of the baseball team are in the sequence : 
The above sequence is <u>arithmetic sequence</u> with first term(a₁)= 1 and common difference (d) = 2
<u>Formula for Sum</u> of first 
terms in arithmetic sequence is....
![S_{n}= \frac{n}{2}[2a_{1}+(n-1)d]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=S_%7Bn%7D%3D%20%5Cfrac%7Bn%7D%7B2%7D%5B2a_%7B1%7D%2B%28n-1%29d%5D)
So, the Sum of 8 terms in that sequence....
![S_{8}= \frac{8}{2}[2(1)+(8-1)(2)]\\ \\ S_{8}= 4[2+7(2)]\\ \\ S_{8}=4(2+14)\\ \\ S_{8}=4(16)=64](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=S_%7B8%7D%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B8%7D%7B2%7D%5B2%281%29%2B%288-1%29%282%29%5D%5C%5C%20%5C%5C%20S_%7B8%7D%3D%204%5B2%2B7%282%29%5D%5C%5C%20%5C%5C%20S_%7B8%7D%3D4%282%2B14%29%5C%5C%20%5C%5C%20S_%7B8%7D%3D4%2816%29%3D64)
That means, the total number of chocolate wafers taken by the baseball team members is 64. Tom ate 5 and then gave his brother 3 chocolate wafers at first.
So, the total number of chocolate wafers at starting 
Answer:
7.5
Step-by-step explanation:
<u>To find the median, first order the numbers from least to greatest:</u>
2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 10, 12
<u>Then, find the middle number (number in the middle):</u>
There are 2 middle numbers. 7 and 8.
Because there are 2 numbers, we need to find the average. If there was only one number, that would be the median.
<u>To find the average, add 7 and 8. Then, divide the sum by 2 because there are 2 numbers;</u>
7 + 8 = 15
15 / 2 = 7.5
Have a nice day!
The lowest number of strands usually seen is 7 ... one in the middle
and 6
surrounding it.
The next level up is 19, which is another layer of 12
strands on top
of the 7.
After that the number varies, but 37 and 49 are
common, then in
the 70 to 100 range (the number is no longer exact).
Even larger
numbers than that are typically found in very large
cables.
