This is why you rarely see bats hanging in an attic in the winter-it is just too cold for survival. People who have a colony of bats in their home often describe a scratching sound or occasionally get a bat inside their home. We believe that the bats move around and adjust their position based upon the temperature.
The mean of a set of numbers is their average. You find the average of a set of numbers by adding them up and dividing by the number of numbers you have. So, the mean of 3,4,6,9, and 3 is: 3 + 4 + 6 + 9 + 3 25 ----------------- = -- = 5 5 5.
Part of the Mathematics glossary: The arithmetic mean, also called the average or average value, is the quantity obtained by summing two or more numbers or variables and then dividing by the number of numbers or variables. The arithmetic mean is important in statistics.