Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780073401331
Author: William Navidi Prof.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1.2, Problem 14E

There are 10 employees in a particular division of a company. Their salaries have a mean of $70,000, a median of $55,000, and a standard deviation of $20,000. The largest number on the list is $100,000. By accident, this number is changed to $1,000,000.

  1. a. What is the value of the mean after the change?
  2. b. What is the value of the median after the change?
  3. c. What is the value of the standard deviation after the change?
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