Question

A chemical engineer must report the average volume of a certain pollutant produced by the plants under her supervision. Here are the data she has been given by each plant: plant volume of pollutant 0.6 Allegheny Cross Creek 48.2 Pitt What average volume should the chemical engineer report? Be sure your answer has the correct number of significant digits. x 5 ?

Answer 1

Answer:

Given,

Volume of pollutant (Allegheny) = 0.6 L

Volume of pollutant (Cross Creek) = 48.2 L

Volume of pollutant (Pitt) = 34.1 L

We know that the average formula is sum of all the components value divided by the total number of components

Average = Sum of components value / Total number of components

Sum of components value = ( Volume of pollutant (Allegheny) + Volume of pollutant (Cross Creek) + Volume of pollutant (Pitt) )

=> Sum of components value = ( 0.6 L + 48.2 L +34.1 L )

Hence, Average Value = Sum of components value / Total number of components

=>Average Value = ( 0.6 L + 48.2 L +34.1 L ) / 3 = 27.63 L

Hence, the average volume that should the chemical engineer must report = 27.63 L