The mean of numbers is . One of the numbers, , is removed. What is the mean of the remaining numbers?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A.
- Step 1: The total is . Step 2. After removing the total is over numbers, so the mean is . **Answer: . Why not the others:** : This is , assuming the mean falls by . : This subtracts instead of . : Removing a value above the mean must lower the mean.
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