which number acts like a base or 0 in this situation?

Question

average deviation from daily calorie standard

 

 

 

rob         jorge        elan       pietro      bill

+540     -125          +610      -220      +125

 

 

 

 

standard : an active 12 year old male should consume about about 2,300 calories a day

Answer 1

     I thing what you're trying to say is that the average for a 12 year old is 2300. What your table is saying is how far away the individual data is from the average, or how far the actual data deviates from the average. So you table could be rewritten as

rob       jorge       elan       pietro      bill

2840    2150   2910     2080     2425

 

These numbers represent the actual calories consumed by the individuals.

So I think you mean that the base is your average o 2300 because it it the starting point to calculate each of the numbers in my table.

 

By the way, a deviation of +540 means it is 540 more than the average making 2300 +540 =2840.

If you had a 0 deviation, that means 2300 + 0 = 2300..

 

Hope this helps.