// Exa 1.5 //Data taken from Exa 1.4 as stated clc; clear all; // Given data x1= 49.7; x2= 50.1; x3= 50.2; x4= 49.6; x5= 49.7; n= 5; // number of x values // solution X_mean= (x1+x2+x3+x4+x5)/5; // Arithmatic Mean d1= x1-X_mean; d2= x2-X_mean; // deviation from each value d3= x3-X_mean; d4=x4-X_mean; d5=x5-X_mean; D_av= (abs(d1)+abs(d2)+abs(d3)+abs(d4)+abs(d5))/n; //Average deviation printf('The average deviation = %.3f \n',D_av);