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A scientist wants to study the average lifespan of a population of 1000 glow worms. He records the lifespan of a random selection of 60 worms and finds that 20 of them live for 10 months, 15 of them live for 10.5 months, and 25 of them live for 11 months. What is the sample mean of the lifespan of the population of glow worms? Round your answer to the nearest tenth and do not include units.

Answer :

Answer: 10.5

With out being rounded it’s 10.5417

Step-by-step explanation:

As per linear equation, the mean lifespan of 60 glow worms is 10.5 months.

What is a linear equation?

A linear equation is an equation that contains one or multiple variable with the highest power of the variable is one.

Given, 20 of them live for 10 months, 15 of them live for 10.5 months, and 25 of them live for 11 months.

Therefore, total life of 60 glow worms is

= (20 × 10 + 15 × 10.5 + 25 × 11) months

= 632.5 months

Therefore, the mean lifespan of 60 glow worms is

= 632.5/60 months

= 10.54 months

≈ 10.5 months

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