Math  /  Data & Statistics

QuestionThe following table shows the distance from Tessa's house to her favorite locations. \begin{tabular}{lcccc} Location & School & Library & Park & Movie theater \\ \hline Distance from Tessa's house (in kilometers) & 3 & 5 & 4 & 4 \end{tabular}
Find the mean distance. \square km

Studdy Solution

STEP 1

What is this asking? What's the average distance from Tessa's house to all her favorite spots? Watch out! Don't mix up mean, median, and mode!
We're looking for the *mean*, which is the average.

STEP 2

1. Add the distances
2. Divide by the number of locations

STEP 3

Alright, let's **add up** all the distances!
We've got 33 km to school, 55 km to the library, 44 km to the park, and 44 km to the movie theater.
So, we have:
3+5+4+43 + 5 + 4 + 4

STEP 4

Adding those up, 3+53 + 5 gives us 88.
Then, 8+48 + 4 is 1212, and finally, 12+412 + 4 is 1616.
So the **total distance** is 1616 km.

STEP 5

Now, we need to **divide** the total distance by the number of locations to find the mean.
We have **four** locations: school, library, park, and movie theater.

STEP 6

So, we'll divide our **total distance** of 1616 km by **four** locations:
164\frac{16}{4}

STEP 7

1616 divided by 44 is 44.
Awesome!

STEP 8

The mean distance from Tessa's house to her favorite locations is 44 km.

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