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During a quality assurance check, the actual contents (in grams) of six containers of protein powder were recorded as 1526, 1528, 1503, 1513, 1531, and 1516. (a) Find the mean and the median of the contents. (b) The third value was incorrectly measured and is actually 1519. Find the mean and the median of the contents again. (c) Which measure of central tendency, the mean or the median, was affected more by the data entry error? (a) The mean is 1519.5. (Round to one decimal place as needed.) The median is 1521. (Type an integer or a decimal. Do not round.) (b) The mean is (Round to one decimal place as needed.)

During a quality assurance check, the actual contents (in grams) of six containers of protein powder were recorded as 1526, 1528, 1503, 1513, 1531, and 1516. (a) Find the mean and the median of the contents. (b) The third value was incorrectly measured and is actually 1519. Find the mean and the median of the contents again. (c) Which measure of central tendency, the mean or the median, was affected more by the data entry error? (a) The mean is 1519.5. (Round to one decimal place as needed.) The median is 1521. (Type an integer or a decimal. Do not round.) (b) The mean is (Round to one decimal place as needed.)

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018
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During a quality assurance check, the actual contents (in grams) of six containers of protein powder were recorded as 1526, 1528, 1503, 1513, 1531, and 1516. (a) Find the mean and the median of the contents. (b) The third value was incorrectly measured and is actually 1519. Find the mean and the median of the contents again. (c) Which measure of central tendency, the mean or the median, was affected more by the data entry error? (a) The mean is 1519.5. (Round to one decimal place as needed.) The median is 1521 (Type an integer or a decimal. Do not round.) (b) The mean is (Round to one decimal place as needed.)
Transcribed Image Text:During a quality assurance check, the actual contents (in grams) of six containers of protein powder were recorded as 1526, 1528, 1503, 1513, 1531, and 1516. (a) Find the mean and the median of the contents. (b) The third value was incorrectly measured and is actually 1519. Find the mean and the median of the contents again. (c) Which measure of central tendency, the mean or the median, was affected more by the data entry error? (a) The mean is 1519.5. (Round to one decimal place as needed.) The median is 1521 (Type an integer or a decimal. Do not round.) (b) The mean is (Round to one decimal place as needed.)
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