If only there were some extensive property of matter we could multiply with the temperature to compute a weighted average. That would be massively helpful.
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Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 5 months agoI mean OP asked for average, that’s how average calculated 🤷
Median is impossible to calculate since you need a whole array of data to know what’s in the middle. I think anything other than that is impossible because we need gazillion of data to even getting close to the accurate answer, that’s why all answer out there is usually categorised and in estimate.
KnowLimits@lemmy.world 5 months ago
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 5 months ago
that’s how average calculated
OP has also asked for meaningful
EvilHankVenture@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That’s not how average is calculated, that would be the average if there were two particles, one 5200 and one -94. The average is the sum of all values divided by the number of values. Not the max plus the min divided by 2.