What is a statistic and how is it used in various settings?

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Give a possible statistic about each item:
a. a football team
b. a fourth-grade class
c. one of your classes
 
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i figured out what it was asking. i truly was stuck and unsure what the question was asking but i finally figured it out
 
This problem was testing whether you knew what a "statistic" is.
 

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