Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1133956572
ISBN 13: 978-1-13395-657-0

Chapter 3 - Measures of Central Tendency - Problems - Page 85: 18

Answer

The added score: $X_{10}=3$

Work Step by Step

$M=\frac{∑X}{N}$ There are 9 scores whose mean is $13$: $13=\frac{X_1+X_2+X_3+X_4+X_5+X_6+X_7+X_8+X_9}{9}$ $X_1+X_2+X_3+X_4+X_5+X_6+X_7+X_8+X_9=13\times9=117$ A new score is added ($X_{10}$). Now, there are 10 scores whose mean is $12$: $12=\frac{X_1+X_2+X_3+X_4+X_5+X_6+X_7+X_8+X_9+X_{10}}{10}$ $X_1+X_2+X_3+X_4+X_5+X_6+X_7+X_8+X_9+X_{10}=12\times10=120$ $(X_1+X_2+X_3+X_4+X_5+X_6+X_7+X_8+X_9)+X_{10}=120$ $117+X_{10}=120$ $X_{10}=3$
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