document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1142276>Question 1142276</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 6) The mean salary of 5 employees is $42100. The employee salaries have 2 modes: $34000 and $50500. If the median salary gets a $2400 raise, then ... \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) What is the new mean? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "New Mean = $<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) What is the new median?  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "New Median = $ </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(1) Given that the mean of 5 salaries is $42100, find the total of all 5 salaries.  (mean = total divided by how many, so total = mean times how many)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) Two modes of $34000 and $50500 among 5 salaries means two salaries at each of those amounts and one salary at another amount.  Since the median is between $34000 and $50500, the 5th salary will be between $34000 and $50500, so it is the median salary.  Use the two given modes and the total of all the salaries from (1) to determine the amount of the median 5th salary.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3) When one of five salaries is raised by $2400, the mean is raised by $2400/5.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4) The new median is the old median plus the raise of $2400. </SPAN>\n" );
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