The table shows the distribution of the number of bristles in a Drosophila population indicating how many individuals in the population have those particular number of bristles. Calculate the mean number of bristles in the entire population.

a. 4
b. 4.7
c. 13.27
d. 17.14
e. 18.5


Answer: b. 4.7

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