SOLUTION: Can someone help me with this problem? Jose has savings accounts for each of his five children. They contain $215, $156, $318, $75, and $25. Find the median and the mean amo

Question 49507: Can someone help me with this problem?
Jose has savings accounts for each of his five children. They contain $215, $156, $318, $75, and $25. Find the median and the mean amount of money per account.
Thanks,
Ashley
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
25 75 156 318 adding these numbers we get 574 now dividing 574 by 4 we get 143.5 which is the mean or average.
to find the median we need to find the middle number when arranged from smallest to greatest thus the median is half way between 75 & 156 or (75+156)/2 or 231/2 or 115.5 is the median.
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