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Recent Examples of arithmetic meanHow To Apply The Metrics Each axis is scored on a 1-10 scale, and the composite score is the arithmetic mean.—Ranjeet Mudholkar, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 To find the median of an even number of values, take the middle two and then find the pair's arithmetic mean of those two.—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2021
California water officials said Friday that the Sierra snowpack is at 66% of average for this time of year.
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Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
Late February polling averages, though, consistently point to a fractured Democratic vote, which has allowed the two most prominent Republican candidates to top the pack in some surveys.
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David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026