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The number <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/a/a013/a013330/a0133301.png" /> obtained by dividing the sum of several numbers <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/a/a013/a013330/a0133302.png" /> by their number <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/a/a013/a013330/a0133303.png" />:
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The number $a$ obtained by dividing the sum of several numbers $a_1,\dotsc,a_n$ by their number $n$:
  
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$$a=\frac{a_1+\dotsb+a_n}{n}.$$

Latest revision as of 12:26, 14 February 2020

The number $a$ obtained by dividing the sum of several numbers $a_1,\dotsc,a_n$ by their number $n$:

$$a=\frac{a_1+\dotsb+a_n}{n}.$$

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