alleryStart learning →The simple arithmetic mean is a special case of a weighted average in which the weights are what?
AAll of them zero
BRising in sorted order
CAll of them equal
DChosen at random
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. All of them equal
Giving each of n values the same weight 1/n reproduces the ordinary mean.
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