a. Find the median of the sample and compare it to the mean and discuss the difference. b. Find the mean and the median if you throw out the 3200 acre farm which has the largest area by far. What does this tell you

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Provided below are the sizes of 15 farms, in acres, randomly selected from the state of Oregon. The mean of this sample is 494 acres.
3200
417
171
153
307
395
240
428
169
370
323
523
339
171
204
a. Find the median of the sample and compare it to the mean and discuss the difference.
b. Find the mean and the median if you throw out the 3200 acre farm which has the largest area by far. What does this tell you
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