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In the “Miss Peach” cartoon in the textbook, Ira said that he averaged two baths a day.  Explain why averages, such as this one, are sometimes misleading.
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Without knowing something about variability, an average does not explain much.
The average (e.g., two baths a day) may never actually occur.
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