document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=942043>Question 942043</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me with this problem; Thank you ahead of time.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The following data are the base salaries, in thousands of dollars, of 50 chief executive officers for a sample of companies doing business with the state of Connecticut. That is, the first entry in the table below corresponds to a salary of $125,000. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "125 157 113 127 201 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "165 145 119 148 158 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "148 168 117 105 136 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "136 125 148 108 178 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "179 191 225 204 104 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "205 197 119 209 157 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "209 205 221 178 247 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "235 217 222 224 187 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "265 148 165 228 239 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "245 152 148 115 150 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the mean of the CEO salaries, in thousands of dollars, rounded to 2 decimal places. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Given:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Salaries (in thousands,  k$) of 50 CEO's.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Mean salary.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solution:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1. Add all the salaries to get the sum of $8,467,000.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. Divide the total by the number of CEO's (50) to get 169.34k$<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: The average salary is 169.34 k$ </SPAN>\n" );
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