Asked by noah

The number of apples produced per tree in Zara’s orchard is 125, 198, 209, 213, 101, 178. What is
the mean absolute deviation of the dataset?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Mean = (125+198+209+213+101+178)/6 = 1024/6 = 512/3 ≈ 170.6667.

Absolute deviations:
|125-512/3| = 137/3
|198-512/3| = 82/3
|209-512/3| = 115/3
|213-512/3| = 127/3
|101-512/3| = 209/3
|178-512/3| = 22/3

Sum = (137+82+115+127+209+22)/3 = 692/3.

MAD = (692/3)/6 = 692/18 = 346/9 ≈ 38.44 apples.