Question

A small warehouse employs a supervisor at $1050 a week, an inventory manager at $800 a week, six stock boys at $450 a week, and four drivers at $490 a week.

a) Find the mean and median wage.
The mean wage is $______
The median wage is ___________

Answer 1

Median wage is 645
Mean is 697.5
Since you find the median you do
450,490,800,1050 get rid of the 400 and 1050 then do
800 - 490 which is 310 then divide 2 from 310 which is 155 and you add 155 + 490 which gives you the median
And for the mean you add up all the numbers which equaled to 2790 you divide it by how many numbers are on the word problem which is 4 and then you get your final answer which is 697.5.

Answer 2

The mean wage is $459.17 and the median wage is $450.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the mean wage, we need to add up all the wages and divide by the number of employees. Adding all the wages: $1050 + $800 + 6($450) + 4($490) = $1050 + $800 + $2700 + $1960 = $5510. There are a total of 1 + 1 + 6 + 4 = 12 employees in the warehouse. Therefore, the mean wage is $5510/12 = $459.17.

To find the median wage, we need to arrange the wages in ascending order and find the middle value. Arranging the wages in ascending order: $450, $450, $450, $450, $450, $450, $490, $490, $490, $490, $800, $1050. There are a total of 12 wages, so the middle value is the sixth wage, which is $450. Therefore, the median wage is $450.