Question

Garth is packing boxes with books. The list shows how many boxes are in each of 10 boxes. 6,14,6,18,9,9,12,10,11,15
Which statement is true about the number of boxes packed to a box?
A) The median # of books to a box is 8
B) The median # of books to a box is 9
C) The mean # of books to a box is 11
D) The mean # of books to a box is 12

Answer 1

We are given with the data
6, 14, 6, 18, 9, 9, 12, 10, 11, 15

The mean is
(6 + 14 + 6 + 18 + 9 + 9 + 12 + 10 + 11 + 15)/10 = 11

The statement that is true is
C) The mean # of books to a box is 11

Answer 2

To solve this problem, we have to know the difference between the median and mean of a data set. The mean of this data is 11 and the median is 9 and this makes option B and C correct.

Mean and Median

The mean of a data set is the average of the given data set while the median of a data set is the middle item in a given data set.

Data;

• 6
• 14
• 6
• 18
• 9
• 9
• 12
• 10
• 11
• 15

The mean of this data is

$mean = \frac{6+14+6+18+9+9+12+10+11+15}{10} \\mean = \frac{110}{10} = 11$

The mean of this data is 11 and the median is 9 and this makes options B and C correct.

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