document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=88434>Question 88434</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the median; 1,4,9,15,25,36\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the mode; 41,43,56,67,69,72\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the mode; 9,18,10,9,9,10,8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A sales person drove 238,159,87,163,198 miles on a 5 day trip. What was the mean number of miles driven per day?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The following scores were recorded on a 200 point final exam 193,185,163,186,192,135,158,174,188,172,168,183,195,165,183 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A) Find the mean final examination score\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B) Find the median final examination score\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C) Is the mean or median a more useful representative of the final examination scores? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #64277 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=64277\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \"Find the median; 1,4,9,15,25,36 \"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the median, count off about 3 spaces (just take half of the size of the list, which is 6) from the beginning of the list until you hit the middle. Now count count off about 3 spaces from the end of the list until you hit the middle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1, 4, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%289%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%289%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%2815%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%2815%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, 25, 36\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the middle is in between the numbers9 and15, add them up and divide that sum by 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the median is 12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Find the mode; 41,43,56,67,69,72\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the mode, simply look for any repeating numbers. If there is one number that occurs more frequently than any other number, then that number is the mode.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since there isn't a number that repeats itself more than once, there isn't a mode in this list\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Find the mode; 9,18,10,9,9,10,8\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the mode, simply look for any repeating numbers. If there is one number that occurs more frequently than any other number, then that number is the mode.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since 9 repeats itself 3 times (which is more frequent than any other number), the mode is 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the mode is 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"A sales person drove 238,159,87,163,198 miles on a 5 day trip. What was the mean number of miles driven per day? \"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the mean, add up all of the numbers and divide the sum by the number of numbers (which in this case is 5).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the mean is 169\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"The following scores were recorded on a 200 point final exam 193,185,163,186,192,135,158,174,188,172,168,183,195,165,183<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A) Find the mean final examination score<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B) Find the median final examination score<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C) Is the mean or median a more useful representative of the final examination scores?\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First sort the numbers into ascending order (from least to greatest):\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "135,158,163,165,168,172,174,183,185,186,188,192,193,195\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the mean, add up all of the numbers and divide the sum by the number of numbers (which in this case is 14).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the mean is 175.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the median, count off about 7 spaces (just take half of the size of the list, which is 14) from the beginning of the list until you hit the middle. Now count count off about 7 spaces from the end of the list until you hit the middle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "135, 158, 163, 165, 168, 172, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28174%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28174%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28183%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28183%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, 185, 186, 188, 192, 193, 195\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the middle is in between the numbers 174 and 183, add them up and divide that sum by 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Median=%28174%2B183%29%2F2=357%2F2=178.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Median=%28174%2B183%29%2F2=357%2F2=178.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the median is 178.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C) Since the mean utilizes every number in the set, the mean is the most reliable at representing the average of the data. </SPAN>\n" );
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