//Example 2.7.3.b: Average deviation clc; clear; close; //given data : n=10; X1=147.2;// in nF X2=147.4;// in nF X3=147.9;// in nF X4=148.1;// in nF X5=148.1;// in nF X6=147.5;// in nF X7=147.6;// in nF X8=147.4;// in nF X9=147.6;// in nF X10=147.5;// in nF AM=(X1+X2+X3+X4+X5+X6+X7+X8+X9+X10)/n; d1=X1-AM; d2=X2-AM; d3=X3-AM; d4=X4-AM; d5=X5-AM; d6=X6-AM; d7=X7-AM; d8=X8-AM; d9=X9-AM; d10=X10-AM; Average_deviation=(abs(d1)+abs(d2)+abs(d3)+abs(d4)+abs(d5)+abs(d5)+abs(d6)+abs(d7)+abs(d8)+abs(d9)+abs(d10))/n; disp(Average_deviation,"Average deviation(nF) = ") // answer is wrong in book