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local_vvitch t1_j3mun9u wrote

Reply to comment by jeffinRTP in TIL that according to a Children's Sugar Consumption Survey, children eat 22.862 sugar snacks a week on average on Pennsylvania, the most of any state in the United States (Lowest: Utah, 4.830) by B0rtles

It’s an average.

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jeffinRTP t1_j3mx053 wrote

So why not just adverage it up to a whole number?

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local_vvitch t1_j3mx53f wrote

Because that’s not what an average is.

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jeffinRTP t1_j3mxfax wrote

But they are saying that child eat .863 of a sugar snack

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local_vvitch t1_j3mynoz wrote

No, they’re saying the total number of snacks children ate divided by the number of children is 22.862. Not that each individual child ate 22.862 sugary snacks. That’s how averages work. It’s the same reason the average number of legs for humans is 1.97 legs.

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