Elementary Statistics (Text Only)
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Chapter 3.1, Problem 46E
(a)
To determine
To Find: the approximate mean age.
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To determine
To Check: Whether approximate mean will tend to change too large or too small, if all three people aged 90-99 years are 90 years old.
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Elementary Statistics (Text Only)
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