Question

For the past 8 weeks of operation, the ABC Orange Drinkers Company recorded the following consumption of nitric acid (in hundred liters): 20, 18.5, 10.6, 18.7, 12.2, 18.4, 21.7, 13.8.

a. Compute the average consumption of nitric acid.
b. Interpret the result.

Answer 1

a. M=(20+18.5+10.6+18.7+12.2+18.4+21.7+13.8)/8=16.7375.

b. Average consumption of nitric acid for the past 8 weeks of operation

was 1673.75 liters.