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
First find the 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. Divide by 6:
MAD = (692/3)/6 = 692/18 = 346/9 ≈ 38.444.

So the mean absolute deviation is 346/9 ≈ 38.44.