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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
Brown finished with a game-high 25 points, six above her average.
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Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
The overwhelming majority —90 percent— of his students have successfully earned ServSafe and ACF Secondary Level certifications, surpassing state and district averages.