5. Following table shows the points of each player scored in four games: Player Game 2 16 8 11 A B C Game 1 14 0 8 Game 3 10 6 Did not Play Game 4 10 4 13 Now answer the following questions: (1) Find the mean to determine A's average number of points scored per game. (ii) To find the mean number of points per game for C, would you divide the total points by 3 or by 4? Why? (iii) B played in all the four games. How would you find the mean? (iv) Who is the best performer?
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Answer:
To find the best performer, we should know the mean of all players.
Mean of player A=12.5
Mean of player B=4.5
Mean of player C=
3
8+11+13
=
3
32
=10.67.
Therefore, on comparing means of all players, player A is the best performer.