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Mary’s top book shelf holds five books with the following widths, in centimeters: <math>6</math>, <math>\dfrac{1}{2}</math>, <math>1</math>, <math>2.5</math>, and <math>10</math>. What is the average book width, in centimeters?
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Mary's top book shelf holds five books with the following widths, in centimeters: <math>6</math>, <math>\dfrac{1}{2}</math>, <math>1</math>, <math>2.5</math>, and <math>10</math>. What is the average book width, in centimeters?
  
 
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To find the average, we add up the widths <math>6</math>, <math>\dfrac{1}{2}</math>, <math>1</math>, <math>2.5</math>, and <math>10</math>, to get a total sum of <math>20</math>. Since there are <math>5</math> books, the average book width is <math>\frac{20}{5}=4</math> The answer is <math>\boxed{D}</math>.
 
To find the average, we add up the widths <math>6</math>, <math>\dfrac{1}{2}</math>, <math>1</math>, <math>2.5</math>, and <math>10</math>, to get a total sum of <math>20</math>. Since there are <math>5</math> books, the average book width is <math>\frac{20}{5}=4</math> The answer is <math>\boxed{D}</math>.
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==Video Solution==
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https://youtu.be/C1VCk_9A2KE
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~IceMatrix
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== See Also ==
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Latest revision as of 16:12, 18 October 2021

Problem 1

Mary's top book shelf holds five books with the following widths, in centimeters: $6$, $\dfrac{1}{2}$, $1$, $2.5$, and $10$. What is the average book width, in centimeters?

$\mathrm{(A)}\ 1 \qquad \mathrm{(B)}\ 2 \qquad \mathrm{(C)}\ 3 \qquad \mathrm{(D)}\ 4 \qquad \mathrm{(E)}\ 5$

Solution

To find the average, we add up the widths $6$, $\dfrac{1}{2}$, $1$, $2.5$, and $10$, to get a total sum of $20$. Since there are $5$ books, the average book width is $\frac{20}{5}=4$ The answer is $\boxed{D}$.

Video Solution

https://youtu.be/C1VCk_9A2KE

~IceMatrix

See Also

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