A chemical engineer must report the average volume of a certain pollutant produced by the plants under her supervision. Here are the data she has been given by each plant:
$Unknown environment 'tabular'$ \
\hline Cross Creek & $3.01 L$ \
\hline Allegheny & $47.88 L$ \
\hline New Bedford & $0.961 L$ \
\hline
\end{tabular}

What average volume should the chemical engineer report? Be sure your answer has the correct number of significant digits.
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$17.3 L/plant$

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Step 1 ： $3.01 L + 47.88 L + 0.961 L = 51.851 L$

Step 2 ： $\frac{51.851 L}{3 plants} = 17.2836666667 L/plant$

Step 3 ： $Round to three significant digits: 17.3 L/plant$

Step 4 ： $17.3 L/plant$