Six students kept track of how much time they spent reading in a week. The...
Ciara Mcdaniel
Answered
2022-07-01
Six students kept track of how much time they spent reading in a week. The mean was 6 hours. The mode was 7 hours. What might each of their times be?
Answer & Explanation
Oliver Shepherd
Expert
2022-07-02Added 24 answers
So when we divide our numbers by how many numbers we have, we need to equal 6. Our most common number needs to be a 7. So our mean is six, and we've got six people. This means when we add them all up, we need total hours. Lets say we've got three sevens, as this is our mode.
We need three numbers that add up to 15, but as 7 is our mode, we cannot have three fives. Therefore, we can use 6,4,5. Check: