Question

Part 1 out of 2
Find the mean and the median of this data set: 10, 6, 5, 3, 55, 7, 4, 2.

The mean is 5.5 and the median is .

Answer 1

The mean is not 5.5

unless you meant to put a comma between 55? Is it supposed to be 5, 5?

Answer 2

1.1

Answer 3

what is 1.1

Answer 4

The median.

Answer 5

no

Answer 6

can you write out all your numbers in order from least to greatest first

Answer 7

i did already. 2,3,4,5,6,7,10,55

Answer 8

Okay, good! What are the two middle numbers?

Answer 9

5 and 6

Answer 10

so if you take the average of the two middle numbers, that is your MEDIAN

Answer 11

so what is (5+6)/2 =

Answer 12

5.5

Answer 13

That's your median!

Answer 14

Now let's find your MEAN

Answer 15

Can you add all the 8 numbers up? What do you get

Answer 16

92

Answer 17

now since we have 8 numbers, we have to divide that by 8

what do you get?

Answer 18

what is 92/8 =

Answer 19

11.5

Answer 20

So that's your mean! And you're all done

Also, here's a helpful image to help you remember the differences between mean/median/mode