Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Statistics - Chapter Summary, Review, and Test - Review Exercises - Page 835: 25

Answer

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Work Step by Step

a) The mean of $n$ numbers is the sum of the numbers divided by $n$. Hence the mean: $\frac{ 36+26+24+90+74}{5}=50$ b) The deviation is the difference of the data item and the mean. Hence here the deviations: $ 36-50=-14, 26-50=-24, 24-50=-26, 90-50=40,74-50=24$ c) The sums of the deviations: $-14-24-26+40+24=0$
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