Question

The lengths of randomly selected taxicab rides, in minutes, from a certain airport, are shown.

14 21 33 18 5 27 20 20 15 16 35 9 4 19 9 17 19

Which measure or measures of central tendency best reflect the data?


Choose all answers that are correct.


mean
median
mode

Answer 1

first sort them in order

Answer 2

okay

Answer 3

4, 5, 9, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 19, 20, 20, 21, 27, 33, 35

Answer 4

Now lets identify, the mean, the mode, and the median.

Answer 5

the mean is the arithmetic average of the values,
add them all up divide by the number

Answer 6

mean=average of all the numbers
mode= the number that appears most often
median= middle number
sorry i took so long i had to look up mean

Answer 7

right

Answer 8

what is the questions asking? i dont really understand it.

Answer 9

It is asking, of those three options, mean median or mode, which one best represents the 'center' of the taxicab length of ride

Answer 10

oh median

Answer 11

what is a typical length of ride from the airport, from those selected data values

Answer 12

median and mean are pretty close in this example

Answer 13

18

Answer 14

we use the median usually in the case when there are outliers. otherwise we use the mean

Answer 15

either one is fine,

Answer 16

mean and median are very close

Answer 17

mean and median. but not mode, do you see why not mode?

Answer 18

yes, because is 19, and 20....which is not 18. and 18 is how long a typical taxi cab ride to the airport is.

Answer 19

right, this data set does not have a single mode, so its not useful

Answer 20

it can be more than one option, so mean and median

Answer 21

right

Answer 22

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