Luis and Darcy are required to write essays for their English class. The table shows the number of words they wrote for 10 rando
mly chosen essays. Complete the steps below to compare the number of words in Luis’s and Darcy's essays using the mean and the median. Luis Darcy 178 231 213 210 198 245 245 259 236 286 198 245 221 231 253 244 189 236 177 228 Part A What is the mean number of words in Luis’s essays?
The mean number of words in Luis's essays can be found using this formula:
mean .
The sum of the values in the data set is 178 + 213 + 198 + 245 + 236 + 198 + 221 + 253 + 189 + 177 = 2,108. The number of values in the data set is 10.
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The mean number of words in Luis's essays is 210.8.
