From: ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk   
      
   ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:   
      
   >   Given n times of the 24-hour day, print their average.   
   >   
   >   For example, the average of "eight o'clock" and   
   >   "ten o'clock" (n=2) would be "nine o'clock".   
   >   
   >   (You can choose any representation, for example "HH:MM"   
   >   or "seconds since midnight".)   
      
   I came across this problem in another context where the solution I ended   
   up using had two components -- the average and the "strength" of that   
   average.   
      
   Is this a purely abstract problem or did it crop up in some practical   
   context?  The two-valued solution (average/strength) would also work   
   well from some applications.   
      
   --   
   Ben.   
      
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