The Dow Jones Industrial Average is computed by taking the average price of the 30 stocks and dividing that figure by a number called the divisor.

道琼斯工业平均指数是用上述30家公司股票的平均价格除以某个除数得到的，而该除数则根据股票的拆并情况来计算。

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These scores were calculated by taking the average of 14 different ratios, each based on a specific indicator that falls under the heading of one of the four key areas.

评分结果是14个不同比例的平均数，其中每个比例都是基于上述4个领域下某个具体的指标。

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At all events, shut-in of gas Wells would seriously affect the producer and the consumer, and it would mean too high a cost just for taking the average formation pressure.

总的来说，关井会严重地影响气矿和用气单位的生产，如果专门为获得平均地层压力而关井，其代价太大。

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It's useful to have the average acceleration, which you can find by taking similar differences of velocities.

平均加速度也是很有用的,你可以用类似方法,取速度的变化量求出来

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So, the average is found by taking two instants in time, say t1 and later t2, and you find out where it was at t2 minus where it was at t1 and divide by the time.

平均速度就是取两个时刻,比如t1和之后的t2,用t2时刻的位移,减去t1时刻的位移,再除以这段时间

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And you'll see in the tables the net deficit impact from taking the average of the House and Senate legislation.

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We are always speaking in relative terms, and cordoning off the entire population of America and lumping us on one side and then taking the average wealth of everybody else and lumping that on the other is a fine way to blur true distinctions and actual class issues.

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Expenses were calculated by taking the average number of per capita miles driven in each state (from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics) and dividing them by an assumed 20 miles per gallon per vehicle (the average between cars and light trucks, used by the Department of Energy for emissions tests).

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