HPPP EASY The number of story books owned by eight classmates is shown below:

8, 9, 9, 7, 8, 6, 9, 8

Part A: What is the mean of the data? Show your work. (4 points)

Part B: Use your answer from Part A to calculate the mean absolute deviation for the data. Show your work. (6 points)

Is there a direction u in which the rate of change of f(x,y)equals=x squared minus 3 xy plus 4 y squaredx2−3xy+4y2 at p(1,2) equals 14? give reasons for your answer. choose the correct answer below. a. no. the given rate of change is smaller than the minimum rate of change. b. no. the given rate of change is larger than the maximum rate of change. c. yes. the given rate of change is larger than the minimum rate of change and smaller than the maximum rate of change.