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Mode: On a typical day <<-- most common meaning for average in day to day conversation
Mean: On a day that is in the calculated middle (for some variance) <<-- most common meaning when we think the question is about math
Median: On a day that is the middle for all the possible days <<-- nobody thinks of this, but they think this is what the mean is.
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Mode: On a typical day <<-- most common meaning for average in day to day conversation
Mean: On a day that is in the calculated middle (for some variance) <<-- most common meaning when we think the question is about math
Median: On a day that is the middle for all the possible days <<-- nobody thinks of this, but they think this is what the mean is.