A petroleum engineer wants to determine the average amount of petroleum in a given rock formation. Which of the following statistical measurements will provide him with this data? Mean Median Mode Range

The mean will give the average amount of petroleum.

The median is the value in the middle of the list.

The mode is the value that occurs most frequently.

The range is the difference between the largest and smallest values.

Answer: Mean

Explanation:

Given : A petroleum engineer wants to determine the average amount of petroleum in a given rock formation.

There are three measures of central tendencies : - a) Mean b) Mode c) Median

Mean is the average of data, median is the middle value in a data and mode is the most repeated data value.

Hence, Mean will provide him the average amount of petroleum in a given rock formation.