workers at an animal reserve are preparing a new exhibit for meerkats. The exhibit must include at least 6.5m squared of space for each meerkat. the area of the exhibit is 78m squared. how many meerkats can the exhibit hold

step-by-step explanation:

points a and b are equidistant from the desired line, so the line you find by using them will go through point r.

using points other than a and b will give the desired line only if they are equidistant from r. if they are randomly located, the perpendicular line you create will not necessarily go through point r, hence will not be a solution to the problem.

the answer is:

mean: 6

mad: 2.14