Exercise Answers: Module 28

65 Exercise Answers: Module 28 — Technical Mathematics

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$ $3.35$
$ $3.11$
$ $256,000$
$ $250,000$
$ $338,000$
$ $275,000$
the median is more representative because the mean is higher than five of the six home values.
AT&T Mobility
Samoas and Thin Mints
$12.2$ games
$12$ games
$12$ games
they all represent the data fairly well; $12$ wins represents a typical Patriots season.
$6.8$ games
$7$ games
$6$ games
they all represent the data fairly well; $6$ or $7$ wins represents a typical Bills season.
$98.2$ grams; the mean doesn’t seem to represent a typical clementine because there is a group of smaller ones (from $82$ to $94$ grams) and a group of larger ones (from $102$ to $109$ grams) with none in the middle.
$94$ grams; for the same reason, the median doesn’t represent a typical clementine, but you could say it helps split the clementines into a lighter group and a heavier group.
there is no mode because too many values appear twice.
$98.3$ grams; this is a small increase over the previous mean.
$94$ grams; the median does not change when one of the highest numbers increases.
$109$ grams; you might say it represents the mass of a typical large clementine, but it doesn’t represent the entire group.