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Example Question #41 : Statistics
A plane flies from San Francisco to New York City at 600 miles per hour and returns along the same route at 400 miles per hour. What is the average flying speed for the entire route (in miles per hour)?
First, pick a distance, preferably one that is divisible by 400 and 600. As an example, we will use 1,200. If the distance is 1,200, then it took 2 hours to get to New York City and 3 hours to get back to San Francisco. So, the plane traveled 2,400 miles in 5 hours. The average speed is simply 2,400 miles divided by 5 hours, which is 480 miles per hour.
Example Question #42 : Statistics
Column A: The median of the set
Column B: The mean of the set
Column A is greater.
Column B is greater.
Cannot be determined.
Columns A and B are equal.
Column B is greater.
The median is the middle number of the data set. If there is an even number of quantities in the data set, take the average of the middle two numbers.
Here, there are 8 numbers, so (18 + 20)/2 = 19.
The mean, or average, is the sum of the integers divided by number of integers in the set: (20 + 35 + 7 + 12 + 73 + 12 + 18 + 31) / 8 = 26
Example Question #2 : How To Find Excluded Values
If the average (arithmetic mean) of , , and is , what is the average of , , and ?
There is not enough information to determine the answer.
If we can find the sum of , , and 10, we can determine their average. There is not enough information to solve for or individually, but we can find their sum, .
Write out the average formula for the original three quantities. Remember, adding together and dividing by the number of quantities gives the average:
Isolate :
Write out the average formula for the new three quantities:
Combine the integers in the numerator:
Replace with 27:
Example Question #43 : Statistics
The arithmetic mean of a, b, and c is
Quantity A: The arithmetic mean of
Quantity B:
The relationship cannot be established.
Quantity A is greater.
The two quantities are equal.
Quantity B is greater.
The two quantities are equal.
To solve this problem, calculate Quantity A.
The arithmetic mean for a set of values is the sum of these values divided by the total number of values:
For the set , the mean is
Now recall that we're told that arithmetic mean of a, b, and c is , i.e.
Using this fact, return to what we've written for Quantity A:
Quantity B is also
So the two quantities are equal.
Example Question #44 : Statistics
The arithmetic mean of a and b is
Quantity A:
Quantity B:
The two quantities are equal.
Quantity A is greater.
Quantity B is greater.
The relationship cannot be established.
Quantity A is greater.
The key to this problem is to recognize that Quantity A can be rewritten.
The function
can be written as
Now, recall what we're told about the mean of a and b, namely that it equals .
This is equivalent to saying
From this, we can see that
Therefore, we can find a value for Quantity A:
Quantity A is greater.
Example Question #45 : Statistics
Looking at all the multiples of 5 from 5 to 50, what is the mean of all of those values?
All of the multiples of 5 from 5 to 50 are
.
The total of all of them is 275.
Then the mean will be 27.5
.
Example Question #131 : Data Analysis
What is the average grade of a student who got a in credit history course, in a credit math course, in a credit English course, in a credit Chinese course, and in credit biology course? Assume all credits are valued equally and round to the nearest hundredth.
In order to solve this problem, we must know how to find the arithmetic mean for a set of numbers. The arithmetic mean is defined as the sum of all the numbers added up divided by the number. In this case, we first have to find the amount of credits present. Adding all the credits up, we find there are 15 credits. Now, by adding up the grades for each of those credits and dividing by the total number of credits, we can solve for the average grade of the student.
Example Question #43 : Statistics
Find the mode of the following set of numbers:
4,6,12,9,12,90,12,18,12,12,12,4,4,4,9,7,76
12
90
18
4
6
12
Mode is the item that appears most often.
Example Question #1 : Mode
Find the mode:
The mode is the number that appears most frequently in a given set.
Example Question #2 : Mode
The Bobcats scored 91, 83, 82, 82, 78, 87, 89, 96, and 86 points in their last nine home games. What is the difference between the average and the mode of their points scored?
Cannot be determined
The average is the sum of the points scored in the last nine games divided by 9, which equals 86. The mode is the score which occurs most often, 82. 86 – 82 = 4