Question

The following summarizes the number of fiction books read last summer by a sample of 26 students at a certain college.Number of studentsNumber of books293134What is the mean number of books read? Round your answer to at least one decimal place.O booksХ5?

Answer 1

Given:

The number of fiction books read last summer by a sample of 26 students.

$\text{Mean= }\frac{\Sigma fx}{N}$$\text{Mean}=\frac{(4\times2)+(9\times3)+(13\times4)}{26}$$\text{Mean}=\frac{8+27+52}{26}$$\text{Mean}=\frac{87}{26}$$\text{Mean}=3.4$