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1 flipping ten coins
- flip ten coins ten times and record the number of heads in each ten flip trial.
record them here:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Since the problem here is about recording the number of heads in coin flips (a data collection step for a statistical or probability - related analysis), and if we assume the next part (not fully shown) is to analyze this data (like finding mean, median, mode, or doing a probability - related calculation), here is a step - by - step for calculating the mean (as a common first step in analyzing such data):
Step1: Identify the data points
The number of heads in each of the 10 trials are: 3, 2, 4, 5, 6, 5, 5, 2, 3, 6.
Step2: Sum the data points
To find the sum, we add all the values together: $3 + 2+4 + 5+6 + 5+5 + 2+3 + 6$.
First, add step - by - step:
$3+2 = 5$; $5 + 4=9$; $9+5 = 14$; $14+6 = 20$; $20+5 = 25$; $25+5 = 30$; $30+2 = 32$; $32+3 = 35$; $35+6 = 41$.
Step3: Calculate the mean
The mean ($\bar{x}$) is calculated by dividing the sum of the data points by the number of data points ($n$). Here, $n = 10$.
So, $\bar{x}=\frac{41}{10}=4.1$.
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If calculating the mean, the answer is $4.1$. (If the intended analysis was different, the answer would change accordingly. For example, if finding the mode, the mode is 5 (since it appears 3 times, more than any other number); if finding the median, we first sort the data: 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6. The median is the average of the 5th and 6th values: $\frac{4 + 5}{2}=4.5$)