Question

Last year, nine employees of an electronics company retired. Their ages at retirement are listed below. Find the mean retirement age. Round your answer to one more decimal place than is present in the original data values. 50, 59, 67, 64, 62, 67, 65, 55, 62

A. 61.4
B. 62.1
C. 63.2
D. 64.0

Answer 1

To find the mean retirement age, add up all the ages and divide by the total number of employees.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the mean retirement age of the nine employees, we need to add up all the retirement ages and then divide by the total number of employees.

Retirement ages: 50, 59, 67, 64, 62, 67, 65, 55, 62

Sum of retirement ages: 50 + 59 + 67 + 64 + 62 + 67 + 65 + 55 + 62 = 551

Mean retirement age: 551 / 9 = 61.2

Rounded to one more decimal place, the mean retirement age is 61.2. Therefore, the correct answer is 61.4 (A).