Given a set # {-1,2,-12,52,x} #, for what x would the mean of the set be -3?
2 Answers
Nov 22, 2015
Explanation:
Let the count of values be n
Let the mean be z
Let the sum be s
The mean is that single value for which
So in this case the mean is -3 and n is 5. So the sum of all values is
The given 4 values are
So
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Nov 22, 2015
The number
Explanation:
The mean of a set of numbers is the sum of the numbers divided by their quantity. So in this case it is:
According to the task the mean is