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Example Question #61 : Descriptive Statistics

Find the mean of the following set of numbers:

$\textup{4,6,7,7,8,10,28}$

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the mean, sum the numbers and divide by the quantity of numbers. Thus,

$\textup{mean}=\frac{4+6+7+7+8+10+28}{7}=\frac{70}{7}=10$

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Example Question #62 : Descriptive Statistics

Find the mean of the following data set. (Round to the nearest whole number)

89,34,117,42,367,2,989,463,865

Possible Answers:

117

371

330

444

Correct answer:

330

Explanation:

Find the mean of the following data set. (Round to the nearest whole number)

89,34,117,42,367,2,989,463,865

Finding the mean is basically like finding the average. Sum up the terms and divide by the number of terms.

89+34+117+42+367+2+989+463+865=2968

$\frac{2968}{9}=329.7\bar{7}\approx330$

Making our answer 330

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Example Question #62 : Descriptive Statistics

Find the mean of the following set of numbers:

$\textup{1,1,2,7,8,10,11}$

Possible Answers:

$\frac{40}{7}$

$\frac{7}{40}$

Correct answer:

$\frac{40}{7}$

Explanation:

To find the mean, you must sum the numbers and divide by their quantity. Thus:

$\frac{1+1+2+7+8+10+11}{7}=\frac{40}{7}$

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Example Question #2070 : Problem Solving Questions

A = B > C > D > E

Give the arithmetic mean of the set $\left \{ A, B, C, D, E \right \}$ .

Possible Answers:

$\frac{C+D}{2}$

$\frac{A+E}{2}$

$\frac{A +B+ C+D+E }{5}$

Correct answer:

$\frac{A +B+ C+D+E }{5}$

Explanation:

The arithmetic mean of a set is the sum of its elements divided by the number of elements, which here is . This makes

$\frac{A +B+ C+D+E }{5}$

the correct choice.

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Example Question #41 : Calculating Arithmetic Mean

Give the arithmetic mean of and .

Statement 1: A rectangle with length and width has area 600.

Statement 2: A rectangle with length and width has perimeter 100.

Possible Answers:

EITHER STATEMENT ALONE provides sufficient information to answer the question.

STATEMENT 2 ALONE provides sufficient information to answer the question, but STATEMENT 1 ALONE does NOT provide sufficient information to answer the question.

BOTH STATEMENTS TOGETHER provide sufficient information to answer the question, but NEITHER STATEMENT ALONE provides sufficient information to answer the question.

STATEMENT 1 ALONE provides sufficient information to answer the question, but STATEMENT 2 ALONE does NOT provide sufficient information to answer the question.

BOTH STATEMENTS TOGETHER do NOT provide sufficient information to answer the question.

Correct answer:

STATEMENT 2 ALONE provides sufficient information to answer the question, but STATEMENT 1 ALONE does NOT provide sufficient information to answer the question.

Explanation:

The arithmetic mean of and is equal to $\mu = \frac{A + B}{2}$ .

From Statement 1 alone, since the area of a rectangle is the product of its length and width, we can deduce that AB = 600 . However, this does not help us find the mean of the two, since, for example:

Case 1: A = 20, B = 30

$AB = 20 \cdot 30 = 600$

The mean of the two is $\mu = \frac{A + B}{2} = \frac{20 + 30}{2} = 25$ .

Case 2: A = 10, B = 60

$AB = 10 \cdot 60 = 600$

The mean of the two is $\mu = \frac{A + B}{2} = \frac{10 + 60}{2} = 35$ .

Therefore, knowing the area of the rectangle with these dimensions is not helpful to determining their arithmetic mean.

Now assume Statement 2 alone. The perimeter of a rectangle is the sum of the lengths of the sides, so

A + B + A + B = 100

2A + 2 B = 100

$\frac{2A + 2B}{4} = \frac{100}{4}$

$\mu = \frac{A + B}{2} = 25$

From Statement 2 alone, the arithmetic mean can be calculated to be 25.

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Example Question #51 : Arithmetic Mean

Give the arithmetic mean of and .

Statement 1: A - B = 100

Statement 2: A + B = 150

Possible Answers:

BOTH STATEMENTS TOGETHER provide sufficient information to answer the question, but NEITHER STATEMENT ALONE provides sufficient information to answer the question.

STATEMENT 1 ALONE provides sufficient information to answer the question, but STATEMENT 2 ALONE does NOT provide sufficient information to answer the question.

STATEMENT 2 ALONE provides sufficient information to answer the question, but STATEMENT 1 ALONE does NOT provide sufficient information to answer the question.

EITHER STATEMENT ALONE provides sufficient information to answer the question.

BOTH STATEMENTS TOGETHER do NOT provide sufficient information to answer the question.

Correct answer:

STATEMENT 2 ALONE provides sufficient information to answer the question, but STATEMENT 1 ALONE does NOT provide sufficient information to answer the question.

Explanation:

The arithmetic mean of and is equal to $\mu = \frac{A + B}{2}$ .

Statement 1 alone provides insufficient information to find the mean. For example:

If A = 102, B = 2

then A - B = 102 - 2 = 100

and $\mu = \frac{A + B}{2} = \frac{102+2}{2} = \frac{104}{2} = 52$

But if A = 104, B = 4

then A - B = 104-4 = 100

and $\mu = \frac{A + B}{2} = \frac{104+4}{2} = \frac{108}{2} = 54$

Statement 2 alone provides sufficient information:

$\mu = \frac{A + B}{2} = \frac{150}{2} =75$ .

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Example Question #52 : Arithmetic Mean

Give the arithmetic mean of and .

Statement 1: A trapezoid with bases of length and and height 20 has area 1,000.

Statement 2: If and are, respectively, the first and second terms of a geometric sequence with positive terms, the third term is 810.

Possible Answers:

STATEMENT 1 ALONE provides sufficient information to answer the question, but STATEMENT 2 ALONE does NOT provide sufficient information to answer the question.

BOTH STATEMENTS TOGETHER do NOT provide sufficient information to answer the question.

EITHER STATEMENT ALONE provides sufficient information to answer the question.

STATEMENT 2 ALONE provides sufficient information to answer the question, but STATEMENT 1 ALONE does NOT provide sufficient information to answer the question.

BOTH STATEMENTS TOGETHER provide sufficient information to answer the question, but NEITHER STATEMENT ALONE provides sufficient information to answer the question.

Correct answer:

STATEMENT 1 ALONE provides sufficient information to answer the question, but STATEMENT 2 ALONE does NOT provide sufficient information to answer the question.

Explanation:

The arithmetic mean of two numbers is half their sum.

Assume Statement 1 alone. The area of a trapezoid can be calculated from its height and the lengths of its bases and as follows:

$A= \frac{B+b}{2} \cdot h$

Setting A = 1,000 , h = 20 , B = X , and b = Y , this becomes

$1,000= \frac{X+Y}{2} \cdot 20$

$1,000 \div 20 = \frac{X+Y}{2} \cdot 20 \div 20$

$\frac{X+Y}{2} = 50$

Therefore, the arithmetic mean of and is, by definition, 50.

Assume Statement 2 alone. A geometric sequence is one in which the ratio of each term to the previous term is constant - a common ratio. Consider these two sequences:

10, 90, 810,...

8.1, 81, 810,...

Both sequences have 810 as their third term. Both are geometric; the common ratio of the first sequence is 9, and that of the second is 10. The arithmetic means of the first two terms, however, are different. In the first sequence it is

$\frac{10+90}{2} = 50$

In the second sequence, it is

$\frac{8.1+81}{2} = 44.55$

Therefore, Statement 2 alone gives insufficient information.

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Example Question #521 : Arithmetic

Some balls are placed in a large box, which include one ball marked "10", two balls marked "9", and so forth up to ten balls marked "1".

A carnival wants to set up a game by which a player can pay to draw a ball and win an amount of money equal to the number marked on the ball drawn. What should the carnival charge per play in order to make the expected value $1 per game in the carnival's favor?

Possible Answers:

$\$2.00$

$\$5.00$

$\$3.00$

$\$4.00$

$\$ 1.00$

Correct answer:

$\$5.00$

Explanation:

The total number of balls in the box will be

1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 10 .

Since

$1+ 2 + 3 + ...+ N = \frac{N (N + 1)}{2}$ ,

it follows that the number of balls is

$1+ 2 + 3 + ...+ 10= \frac{10 (10 + 1)}{2} = \frac{10 \cdot 11}{2} = 55$ .

The frequencies out of 55 of each outcome from 1 to 10, in order, is as follows:

$\left \{ 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1\right \}$

Their respective probabilities are their frequencies divided by 55:

$\left \{ \frac{10}{55}, \frac{9}{55}, \frac{8}{55}, \frac{7}{55}, \frac{6}{55}, \frac{5}{55}, \frac{4}{55}, \frac{3}{55}, \frac{2}{55}, \frac{1}{55} \right \}$

The expected value of the payment that the church will have to make per game can be calculated by multiplying the frequency of each outcome by the respective payment:

$1: \frac{10}{55} \cdot 1 = \frac{10}{55}$

$2: \frac{9}{55} \cdot 2 = \frac{18}{55}$

$3: \frac{8}{55} \cdot 3 = \frac{24}{55}$

$4: \frac{7}{55} \cdot 4 = \frac{28}{55}$

$5: \frac{6}{55} \cdot 5 = \frac{30}{55}$

$6: \frac{5}{55} \cdot 6 = \frac{30}{55}$

$7: \frac{4}{55} \cdot 7= \frac{28}{55}$

$8: \frac{3}{55} \cdot 8 = \frac{24}{55}$

$9: \frac{2}{55} \cdot 9 = \frac{18}{55}$

$1: \frac{1}{55} \cdot 10 = \frac{10}{55}$

...and then adding these products.

$\frac{10}{55}+ \frac{18}{55}+ \frac{24}{55}+ \frac{28}{55}+ \frac{30}{55}+ \frac{30}{55}+ \frac{28}{55}+ \frac{24}{55}+ \frac{18}{55}+ \frac{10}{55}$

$= \frac{220}{55}$

= 4

The carnival should expect to pay a prize of $4 per draw, so to expect an average profit of $1 per game, it should charge $5 per play.

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Example Question #1 : Calculating Median

10,25,4,15,99,10,9,13,11

What is the median of the data set?

Possible Answers:

21.8

10.5

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Write the numbers in order from smallest to largest. The median is the middle number, which is 11.

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Example Question #2 : Calculating Median

What is the median of the following numbers?

$\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{4},\frac{1}{5},\frac{1}{6},\frac{1}{7}$

Possible Answers:

$\frac{223}{840}$

$\frac{2}{9}$

$\frac{9}{40}$

$\frac{1}{5}$

$\frac{1}{4}$

Correct answer:

$\frac{9}{40}$

Explanation:

The median of a data set with an even number of elements is the mean of its two middle elements, when ranked. The set is already ranked, so just find the mean of middle elements $\frac{1}{4}$ and $\frac{1}{5}$ :

$\frac{1}{2} \cdot \left (\frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{5} \right ) = \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left (\frac{5}{20} + \frac{4}{20} \right )= \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{9}{20} = \frac{9}{40}$

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Example Question #61 : Descriptive Statistics

Example Question #62 : Descriptive Statistics

Example Question #62 : Descriptive Statistics

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Example Question #41 : Calculating Arithmetic Mean

Example Question #51 : Arithmetic Mean

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