Question

Linda received the following scores on her essay tests.

Answer 1

The mean ( average ) if found by taking all of the values in a set, adding them together, then dividing by the total number of values. 
in this case the mean would be 65

Answer 2

First, we add the numbers. This gives us 715.
Then, we divide it by the amount of numbers. This gives us. 715 divided by 11.

This simplifies to 65.