Sergio is doing a long hike and is carefully calculating his pack weight. An energy bar has mean weight 1.75 ounces and standard deviation 0.019. The weights of the bars are independent. A juice box has mean weight 8.0 ounces and standard deviation 0.11. The weights of the juice boxes are independent.  If he takes 6 energy bars and 5 juice boxes, what will be the MEAN of the total weight in pounds from these items? Hint: If W is the weight in ounces, then W/16 is the weight in pounds.

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Sergio is doing a long hike and is carefully calculating his pack weight. An energy bar has mean weight 1.75 ounces and standard deviation 0.019. The weights of the bars are independent. A juice box has mean weight 8.0 ounces and standard deviation 0.11. The weights of the juice boxes are independent. 

If he takes 6 energy bars and 5 juice boxes, what will be the MEAN of the total weight in pounds from these items?

Hint: If W is the weight in ounces, then W/16 is the weight in pounds.

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