In a cheerleading competition, each team receives scores in eight categories. One team has a mean score of 7.25 in the eight categories. Write and solve am equation to find the teams total scrore (s).

The mean is calculated by dividing the total sum of all the numbers, by the number of numbers. or in this case ...

Mean = (total score) / (number of categories)

plug in the data that we know

7.25 = (total score) / (8)

multiply both sides by 8

58 = (total score)

Answer=58