How to calculate new mean if population is unknown?

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I have three values

  • Mean (population mean, not from sample)

    $\bar{x} = 3$

  • Number of elements in population (number of values in original set)

    $n = 15$

  • A new value

    $x_{(n+1)} = 7$

What is the correct formula to calculate the new mean? I would calculate it like this

$$ \bar{x}' = x_{(n+1)} * \frac{1}{(n+1)} + \bar{x} * \frac{n}{(n+1)} $$

which can be shortened

$$ = \frac{x_{(n+1)}}{(n+1)} + \frac{\bar{x} * n}{(n+1)} = \frac{x_{(n+1)} + \bar{x} * n}{(n+1)} $$

Is that the correct formula? Or did I miss something?

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Yes, your formula works, and you can apply it to the case at hand.

$\bar x$ is the "starting" population mean, $n$ the population count, $\bar x'$ is the new population mean. Then

$$\bar{x}' = \frac{\bar x \cdot n + x_{n+1}}{n+1} = \frac{3\cdot 15 + 7}{15+1} = \frac{52}{16} = 3.25$$