Question

1. the number of points in the first five games of the basketball season are listed below. what is the mean number of points scored? game 1 game 2 game 3 game 4 game 5 38 29 16 42 33

Explanation:

Step1: Recall mean formula

The mean $\bar{x}=\frac{\sum_{i = 1}^{n}x_{i}}{n}$, where $x_{i}$ are data - points and $n$ is the number of data - points. Here $n = 5$, $x_1=38$, $x_2 = 29$, $x_3=16$, $x_4 = 42$, $x_5=33$.

Step2: Calculate the sum of data - points

$\sum_{i = 1}^{5}x_{i}=38 + 29+16 + 42+33=158$.

Step3: Calculate the mean

$\bar{x}=\frac{158}{5}=31.6$.

Answer:

$31.6$