Linda asked the students of her class their hockey scores and recorded the scores in the table shown below:

hockey scores

score. number of students
0. 2
1. 1
2. 3
3, 6
4. 2
5. 3
6. 2

based on the table, what is the mean hockey score?

2.7
2.9
3.2
5.2

ANSWER

The mean hockey score is 3.2

Step - by - step Explanation

The data given is a frequency distribution table.

The mean is calculated using the formula,



We obtain



by multiplying each score by the corresponding number of students and add the products as shown in the picture above

By substitution,





Hence the mean hockey score is 3.2 to the nearest tenth.