document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=408675>Question 408675</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In each of the following cases, would the mean or the median probably be higher, or would they be about the same?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. Ages at which residents of a suburban city die, including everything from infant deaths to the most elderly\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. Shoe sizes of adult women </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #287846 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=robertb><B>robertb(5830)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=robertb><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=robertb><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=287846\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1. The distribution would tend to skew to the left (meaning a lot more people die in the older ages than in the younger ages), hence the median would be higher than the mean.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.  My opinion is that the mean and the median would be just about the same, because there's really not a lot of variation across shoe sizes of women. </SPAN>\n" );
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