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Measures of central tendency are numbers used to represent a set of data. Three types of measures of central tendency are mean, median, and mode. Mean: Average (add all numbers and divide by the number of numbers) Median: The middle number when the numbers are arranged in order. Mode: The number (or numbers) that occur the most often. Example 1 Mean The lengths in minutes of five summer movies are shown below. What is the mean length of the movies? 125, 100, 150, 120, 110 mean = 125100150120110 605 121 5 5 The mean length of the movies is 121 minutes. Example 2 Median The list below shows the cost of general admission to eight different zoos. Find the median of the data. $8, $10, $12, $6, $5, $12, $9, $10 Arrange in order then find the middle number. $5, $6, $8, $9, $10, $10, $12, $12 910 19 9.5 2 2 The median cost of general admission to the zoos is $9.50. Example 3 Mode The table shows the number of kittens sold at a pet store during a 10-day period. What is the mode of the data? Kittens Sold 4 1 2 4 3 6 4 3 0 4 4 occurs four times. 3 occurs twice. All the other numbers occur once. Since 4 occurs most frequently, the mode number sold is 4. Example 4 Mean Dominic rode his bike 5 miles on Monday, 3 miles on Tuesday, 8 miles on Wednesday, and 5 miles on Thursday. How many miles must Dominic ride on Friday so that the average number of miles (mean) for all five days is 6 miles? sum 6MondayTuesdayWednesday ThurdayFriday mean = #of 5 65385F 5 621F 3021F 5 5 5 9 miles are needed on Friday.
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