Whats the Average..

Whats your age?


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Davidc

Guru
Location
Somerset UK
I don't know whether to go for the 30 in the 26 - 30 or the one in 30 - 35? :whistle:

Get ready for the anti-yank squad to pick you up on the 'math'

You picked it up 3BM, not me or any of the other habitual pedants.

Nothing to do with anti yank. It's correctly plural in the US too.

The reason is that mathematics derives from Greek and the singular would mean a single subject, mathematics is a number of connected subjects, hence plural.

Originally Arithmetic + Geometry + Astronomy (I think) it now includes Trigonometry, Calculus, Statistics and others, and Astronomy has moved off to join Physics.

The singular is fine if you define which one, but better in this case if you use Arithmetic on its own.
 

Basil.B

Guru
Location
Oxfordshire
Earlier today I was 48, I'm now 45 odd! :huh:
Won't you have to start the poll again from scratch?
 

Arch

Married to Night Train
Location
Salford, UK
Looks like a classic normal distribution at the moment.

But what sort of average do we want, mean, mode or median?
 

coffeejo

Ælfrēd
Location
West Somerset
60 today, we must remember growing old is compulsory, growing up isn't.
Happy birthday! :birthday:
 
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