.. _auto_math_average:

*COMPUTE THE AVERAGE OF VALUES*
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Computes the arithmetic mean of two or more scalar values. Divide the sum of all provided numbers by their count and return the result as a single scalar. Use this worker whenever a simple average aggregation is needed within a workflow.

When to use
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Classification: **process**.

Tagged: ``aggregation``, ``arithmetic``, ``average``, ``math``, ``mean``, ``scalar``.

Inputs
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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Default
     - Required
     - Description
   * - Number
     - number
     - scalar
     - —
     - ✓
     - One or more numeric scalar values to be averaged; the worker accepts repeated instances of this input (one per value) — at least two should be provided to produce a meaningful average.

Outputs
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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Description
   * - math_average_output_1
     - math_average_output_1
     - scalar
     - The arithmetic mean of all supplied input numbers, returned as a single scalar value (same units as the inputs).

Disciplines
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- data.statistics

Runnable example
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A runnable example is registered for this worker. Open the example workflow on the d3VIEW canvas: `/api/workflow/example?id=math_average <https://www.d3view.com/api/workflow/example?id=math_average>`_

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