document.write( "Question 276146: In 2006, the median weekly earnings for male postal service mail carriers in the United \n" );
document.write( "States was $126 more than the median weekly earnings for female mail postal service \n" );
document.write( "carriers. The median weekly earnings for female postal service mail carriers was 0.86 \n" );
document.write( "times that of their male counterparts. Also in 2006, the median weekly earnings for \n" );
document.write( "female lawyers in the United States was $540 less than the median weekly earnings for \n" );
document.write( "male lawyers. The median weekly earnings of male lawyers was 1.4 times that of their \n" );
document.write( "female counterparts.\r \n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "a) Find the median weekly earnings for female postal service mail carriers in the United \n" );
document.write( "States in 2006. \n" );
document.write( "b) Find the median weekly earnings for female lawyers in the United States in 2006. \n" );
document.write( "c) Of the four groups of workers described in the problem, which group makes the \n" );
document.write( "greatest weekly earnings? Which group make the least weekly earnings? \n" );
document.write( "
![\"\"](\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\")
