Question

The daily temperature recorded (in ${}^{\circ }F$) at a particular place during six days of a week was as follows


What will be the average temperature?

• A. ${29.65}^{\circ }F$
• B. ${29.9}^{\circ }F$
• C. ${23.8}^{\circ }F$
• D. ${35.5}^{\circ }F$

Answer 1

The correct option is B ${29.9}^{\circ }F$

The average of the given data points is known as the mean and the mean is calculated as

$\text{Mean}=\frac{\text{Sum of all data points}}{\text{Total number of data points}}$

Thus, the average temperature will be given as

$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Average temperature}& =\frac{29.9+32.1+35.5+23.8+27.3+30.8}{6}\\ & =\frac{179.4}{6}\\ & ={29.9}^{\circ }F\end{array}$

The average temperature is ${29.9}^{\circ }F$.