Finding the average (mathematics)

Finding the average:

Find the average

You perform an experiment to determine how many breaths a fish takes per minute.

Your experiment yields the following data: minute 1:65 breaths , minute 2:73 breaths, minute 3:67 breaths, minute 4: 71 breaths, and minute 5: 62 breaths.

Calculate the average number of breaths that the fish takes per minute.

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= (65 + 2[73] + 3[67] + 4[71] + 5[62])/(1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5)
= (65 + 146 + 201 + 284 + 310)/15
= 1,006/15 or 67 1/15

Answer: 67 1/15 average number of breaths per minute

Over the course of 5 minutes the fish takes 338 breaths. So If you take that number and divide it by the number of minutes, you will get the average.

338/5=67.6 breaths per minute

67.6

All you do is add all five numbers together, then divide by five, and that is the average number.