(urgent please help!!!!)in computing the mean of 8 numbers, a student mistakenly used 17 instead of 25 as one of the numbers and

Question

3 years ago

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obtained 20 as the mean. find the correct mean.

2 answers:

mamaluj [8] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-12T20:44:50+03:00

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I believe the correct mean is 21!

ad-work [718] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-12T22:32:11+03:00

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Answer: 21

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's mean of the 8 numbers is 20; the total of the numbers will be

8 x 20 = 160

If we take out the 17 the total will be 160 - 17 = 143

If we then replace the 17 with 25 the total rises to 168.

168 divided by 8 = 21