these are the ages of the starting players on Aaron's basketball team what is the average (mean) age of the team

Jon - 8 Jim - 9 Bill - 6 Bob -8 aaron -9
A 8 years
B 9 years
C 8 1/2 years
D 6 1/2 years
E 7 years
My answer is B

4 answers

sum the ages

divide the sum by the number of players
Please explain how you got that answer.
Its A.
The answer is 8