To find the mean of a data set, add all the numbers and then divide by the number of numbers in the data set.
So, in this case, you have:
[tex]\text{Mean}=\frac{9+8+6+9+5+7+8+5+9+8}{10}=\frac{74}{10}=7.4[/tex]Therefore, the mean of the set of data is 7.4.