To calculate the mean absolute deviation, you first must find the mean of the data and then find the difference between each piece of data and the mean.
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The mean absolute deviation is approximately 1.48.
This means that the numbers of candies in the 10 bags are all very close to one another. There is not much variation.
To find the mean of a set, add up all of the data points and divide by the number of data points.
For the first set:
(14+18+21+15+17) ÷ 5 = 85 ÷ 5 = 17
For the second set:
(15+17+22+20+16) ÷ 5 = 90 ÷ 5 = 18
To find the MAD (mean absolute deviation) of a set, find the mean of the distances of each data point from the mean.
For the first set:
(3+1+4+2+0) ÷ 5 = 10 ÷ 5 = 2
For the second set:
(3+1+4+2+2) ÷ 5 = 12 ÷ 5 = 2.4
To find the means-to-MAD ratio of a set, divide its mean by its MAD.
For the first set:
17 ÷ 2 = 8.5
For the second set:
18 ÷ 2.4 = 7.5
This one you can't really make a formula for or anything, but it's fairly simple to figure out, with a bit of guess and check.
14 is really close to 15, but that's bigger, so let's try a smaller number that would work.
It has to be divisible by 2, because you've got a whole number that is 3 1/2 times the other number. (1/2 of a whole number means it's divisible by 2).
10 is divisible by 2,
10 ÷ 2 = 5
But, 10 x 3 = 30 which is much bigger than 14.
So, we've got to start with a smaller number.
Let's try something really small, like 4. We could try 2, but 2 x 3 = 6, which, even with 1/2 of 2, isn't nearly close to 14.
Now, 4 x 3 = 12
That's quite close to 14.
And 1/2 of 4 is 2.
All we do now is add 12 to 2 and see if it works.
12 + 2 = 14
14 = 14
This one works.
That means that Gina volunteered for 4 hours, because 3 1/2 x 4 = 14.
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