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In a research laboratory scientists treated 6 mice with lung cancer using natural medicine. Ten days later, they measured the volume of the tumor in each mouse and given the results in the table

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In a research laboratory scientists treated 6 mice with lung cancer using natural medicine. Ten days later, they measured the volume of the tumor in each mouse and given the results in the table

Mouse marking 1 2 3 4 5 6
Tumor Volume (mm3) 145 148 142 141 139 140

Find the mean

Sum
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Solution

Mouse marking
(f)
Tumor Volume
(mm3)
(x)
fx
1 145 145
2 148 296
3 142 426
4 141 564
5 139 695
6 140 840
`sumf` = 21   `sumfx` = 2966

`bar(x) = (sumfx)/(sumf)`

= `2966/21`

= 141.238

= 141.24

The Arithmetic mean = 141.24 mm3 

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Chapter 8: Statistics - Exercise 8.1 [Page 277]

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Exercise 8.1 | Q 4 | Page 277

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