Question

10 points

2. You weigh six packages and find the weights to be 29, 19, 69, 24, 64,

and 59 ounces. If you include a package that weighs 219 ounces, which

will increase more, the median or the mean?

Answer 1

mean

Explanation:

mean of six packages = (29+19+69+24+64+59)/6 = 44 ounces

Median of these six packages (19,24,29,59,64,69) = (29+59)/2 = 88/2= 44 ounces

Now, if we includes a package that weighs 219 ounces

The new mean = (29+19+69+24+64+59+219)/7 = 69

New median (19,24,29,59,64,69, 219) = 59

Hence, we say that the mean increases more than the median