John Has Added Up All the Beverages He Consumes in a Day

question 115

Multiple Choice

John has added up all the beverages he consumes in a day and realizes that he consumes a total of 16 cups per day Half of what he drinks (8 cups) is coffee because he is a truck driver and is on the road constantly How much more water does John have to drink?

• A)He is already consuming enough fluids
• B)He needs to "make up" for half of the caffeinated beverages with water-so 4 cups
• C)He needs to "make up" for all of the caffeinated beverages with water-so 8 cups
• D)He should drink 2 additional cups of coffee or water per day

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Definitions:

Geometric Mean

A mean or average which indicates the central tendency or typical value of a set of numbers by using the product of their values (as opposed to the arithmetic mean which uses their sum).

Median

A statistical measure that represents the middle value of a dataset when it's ordered from smallest to largest.

Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a data set.

Deviations

Differences between observed values and the average or expected values in a data set.