Find the Mean for the Given Sample Data

question 48

Multiple Choice

Find the mean for the given sample data.
-Last year, nine employees of an electronics company retired. Their ages at retirement are listed below. Find the mean retirement age.
53 62 61
51 65 58
60 51 53

• A) 55.9 years
• B) 57.1 years
• C) 56.5 years
• D) 58.0 years

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Definitions:

Carbon Atoms

The basic building blocks of the vast majority of organic compounds, capable of forming strong covalent bonds due to their tetravalency.

Hydrogen Atoms

The simplest type of atoms consisting of one proton and one electron, fundamental in chemistry and the building blocks of molecules.

Alkane Name

The systematic nomenclature assigned to alkanes based on the number of carbon atoms in their longest chain and specific rules.

Triacontane

A saturated hydrocarbon with a chemical formula of C30H62, commonly found in waxes.