Step 1 :First, we need to find the midpoint of each temperature range by averaging its lower and upper bounds. The midpoints are \(42.0, 47.0, 52.0, 57.0, 62.0\).
Step 2 :The frequencies for each temperature range are \(2, 6, 13, 5, 3\). The total frequency is \(29\).
Step 3 :We then multiply each temperature range's midpoint by its frequency and sum these products to get \(1513.0\).
Step 4 :The computed mean is found by dividing the sum of the products by the total frequency, which gives approximately \(52.2\) degrees.
Step 5 :The actual mean is given as \(57.7\) degrees.
Step 6 :We calculate the difference between the computed mean and the actual mean to be approximately \(5.5\) degrees.
Step 7 :We express this difference as a percentage of the actual mean, which gives approximately \(9.6\%\).
Step 8 :Finally, we compare this percentage to \(5\%\). Since \(9.6\%\) is more than \(5\%\), the computed mean is not close to the actual mean.
Step 9 :Thus, the best description of the relationship between the computed mean and the actual mean is: The computed mean is not close to the actual mean because the difference between the means is more than \(5\%\) of the actual mean.
Step 10 :So, the final answer is \(\boxed{B}\).