The problem asks us to find the mean of the number of boxes of cookies sold over the past 5 days, given a table. The number of boxes sold each day are: Monday (7), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (10), Thursday (8), and Friday (8).

1. Problem Description

The problem asks us to find the mean of the number of boxes of cookies sold over the past 5 days, given a table. The number of boxes sold each day are: Monday (7), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (10), Thursday (8), and Friday (8).

2. Solution Steps

To find the mean of a set of numbers, we need to add all the numbers together and then divide by the total number of values. In this case, we have 5 values (one for each day).

First, add the number of boxes sold each day:

$7 + 7 + 10 + 8 + 8 = 40$

Then, divide the sum by the number of days (5):

$\frac{40}{5} = 8$

3. Final Answer

The mean of the numbers is 8.