9514 1404 393
Answer:
a) (2.64 -2/9 -0.35 +5/8)/4
b) perform the sum, then the division, then round as needed
Step-by-step explanation:
a) The average of a number of items is their sum, divided by the number of items. Here, we want the average of 4 changes, so we compute it as the sum of the changes divided by 4.
average change = (2.64 -2/9 -0.35 +5/8)/4
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b) My calculator is capable of adding these numbers directly. For a result rounded to the nearest hundredth, it can be a good idea to represent the fractions using at least 3 decimal digits.
So, the steps would be ...
- convert fractions to their decimal equivalents, using 3 decimal digits
- add up the values
- divide by 4
- round to hundredths
Performing these steps, we get ...
average change = (2.64 -0.222 -0.35 +0.625)/4 = 2.693/4
average change ≈ 0.67 . . . degrees
The average daily temperature change of a city was 0.67 degrees.
