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How do you get the average?

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Answer:

Add all of the answers together & then divide by the number of answers.

To get the average of something, follow these steps
1. add all of your numbers up
2. divide all your numbers by how many numbers your added up with

e.g. 4+5+2+10+8+7=36
36 divided by 6= 6

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