An organic farmer wanted to find out how many eggs a typical hen lays during 1 month. she chose 8 hens at random from the 60 hens she has, then recorded the number of eggs each of the 8 hens laid. number of eggs: 9, 9, 8, 11, 11, 12, 12, 8 what is an estimate of the mean number of eggs laid by a typical hen during 1 month for the population of 60 hens? enter your answer in the box.

the solution of the equation is 2.23 ⇒ answer b

step-by-step explanation:

* lets revise the meaning of exponential function

- the form of the exponential function is y = ab^x, where a ≠ 0, b > 0 ,  

  b ≠ 1, and x is any real number

- it has a constant base b

- it has a variable exponent x

- to solve an exponential equation, take the log or ln of both sides,  

  and solve for the variable

* lets solve the problem

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- the base is 7 and the exponent is x

- insert ㏑ in both sides

∴

- use the rule

∴ x ㏑(7) = ㏑(77)

- to find x divide both sides by ㏑(7)

∴

* the solution of the equation is 2.23 to the nearest 2 decimal places

the answer is c hope this