Answer:
Error: Sariah treated every term as though it were an x-term. 5 and -4.5 are constants that cannot be combined with the x-terms. They can only be combined with each other.
Correct solution: 31x + 0.5
Strategy: Pay attention to the variables.
Step-by-step explanation:
In her first step, it appears Sariah added 13x and 5 to get 18x. These terms are not <em>like terms</em>, so cannot be added in this way. An appropriate strategy is to first identify all the terms with the same <em>variables</em> (x in this case), then add their <em>coefficients</em>.
... = x(13 +17 +1) +5 -4.5
Likewise, all the <em>constant</em> terms can be added.
... = 31x +(5 -4.5)
... = 31x + 0.5
Answer:
Mean = 2.95
Median = 3
Step-by-step explanation:
The mean of the number of visits of 40 adults to the gym is

The median of the data is the average number between 20th and 21th terms (because 40 is even number, so the middle term is the average between two middle terms).
20th term = 3 visits
21th term = 3 visits
Hence, median is 3 visits