The stem-and-leaf plot lists baking times, in minutes, for shortbread found in various cookbooks. Julia said the average baking time was 31 minutes. Which measure of central tendency did she use?

Stem Leaf: 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 9 9 9 9 9 1 7 4 7 8
A. mean
B. mode
C. median

Question

The stem-and-leaf plot lists baking times, in minutes, for shortbread found in various cookbooks. Julia said the average baking time was 31 minutes. Which measure of central tendency did she use?

Stem Leaf: 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 9 9 9 9 9 1 7 4 7 8 
A. mean
B. mode
C. median

anonymous · Answer

thats how she wrote the stem and leaf plot...

ganeshie8 · Answer

a stem and leaf plot looks like below http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/images/stem-leaf-plot.gif not sure why its flat in the question -.- @amistre64

kirbykirby · Answer

I feel like there was a loss of formatting or something in this question :S

the_fizicx99 · Answer

I tried lol, the least it should have is comma >.< I $\ think $ there's something about those 9's X_X but I don't know how to answer that >.> ... you can't even calculate the mean either :/

anonymous · Answer

i am going to email my teacher about this question....

the_fizicx99 · Answer

K have fun ;P

kirbykirby · Answer

^I think that's the best thing to do

the_fizicx99 · Answer

Lool ^