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How many pairs of shoes, on average, do female teens have? To find out, an AP Statistics class selected an SRS of 20female students from their school. Then they recorded the number of pairs of shoes that each student reported having. Here are the data:

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The solution isx¯=30.35

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x¯=xn

x¯=50+26+26+31+57+19+24+22+23+38+13+50+13+34+23+30+49+13+15+5120=60720=30.35

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