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ACT Question for May 3rd

Anton went to Mexico during summer vacation with his Spanish class. He recorded the number of pesos he spent each day in a table, as shown below. What was the mean number of pesos he spent per day?

A) 100

B) 150

C) 200

D) 220

E) 300

Correct

Incorrect

The correct answer is (C).

Getting to the Answer:The mean of a group of numbers is the sum of the values divided by the number of values. There are five values in the table that represent the number of pesos spent each day, and their sum is 250 + 100 + 150 + 100 + 400 = 1000. Thus, the mean number of pesos Anton spent each day is 1000/5 = 200.

(A) Incorrect: this is the mode, since there were two days in which Anton spent 100 pesos

(B) Incorrect: this is the median, not the mean

(C) Correct: this matches the correct calculation

(D) Incorrect: this would be the mean if the total spent were 1100 pesos

(E) Incorrect: this is the range, 400 - 100 = 300

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