If anyone could figure this out, that would be great!
Or if you've heard this question or a similar one before, and know where to find the answer, please let me know.
2007-01-17 03:24:12 · 9 answers · asked by Mellio 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Sure.
-5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
mean = (-5 + -4 + -3 + -2 + -1 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5)/11 = 0/11 = 0.
The only thing you have to be sure of is:
The sum of all the positive numbers you pick is equal to the negative of the sum of all the negative numbers you pick.
2007-01-17 03:28:22 · answer #1 · answered by Jim Burnell 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure, take all the numbers between -5 and +5, that is:
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
Sum them all up, the total is 0, therefore the mean is also zero.
This is only an exaple, there are countless number of ways to achieve this, you could have taken
-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 1 3 5 7 14
2007-01-17 03:28:37 · answer #2 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but that's plain obvious! There will be countless ways of doing that but the simplest one is:
-5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Sorry if I offended you! :)
2007-01-17 04:08:17 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without using negative numbers, the answer is no.
Otherwise... take any old dataset that has no repetition, and subtract its mean from every number. The average of the modified numbers will be zero.
2007-01-17 03:43:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just pick 5 positive numbers a, b, c, d, e
Now
-e, -d, -c, -b, -a, 0, a, b, c, d, e
fulfils your criteria
2007-01-17 03:29:59 · answer #5 · answered by Tom :: Athier than Thou 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
enable's recover from popular. popular is sweet adequate for some and not good adequate for others. In right now's society being popular is named conformity. i'm WHO i'm. stand up to. do no longer conform.
2016-12-16 10:38:22 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you will have a number with a decimal.
2007-01-17 03:42:24 · answer #7 · answered by ĦΛЏĢħŦŞŧμρђ 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5
2007-01-17 03:31:15 · answer #8 · answered by krumenager 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, & MINUS 55.
2007-01-17 03:29:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anpadh 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋