The answer is a mean. Criteria is no candy visible.
Sample size 5 tootsie pops.
Pop 1 - 285 licks
Pop 2 - 267 licks
Pop 3 - 274 licks
Pop 4 - 302 licks
Pop 5 - 273 licks
On average it takes 280.2 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
Data derived from 9 yo numberonepal in 1976. It was my first official scientific experiment after learning The Method at school. Thanks Mr. Owl.
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Nice deep dig, #1