Answers to math word problems

You are trying to decide from what company to buy your next 5-year supply of light bulbs. Would you look to the company whose light bulbs have the greatest mean or greatest median life?

Smitty isn't superstitious, but whenever she finds a coin in the street, she makes a wish and tosses it into a fountain. Last week, she hit the sidewalk jackpot. On each of six days (Monday through Saturday), she found a U.S. Coin of a different denomination (penny, $0.01; nickel, $0.05; dime,...

Thereare101 engines and 94 lawn mowers. There are 19 engines and 3 lawn mowers defective. 40 are properly constructed but 42 were not. Of the lawn mowers that are not defective 50 were properly constructed 41 were not.

A fire truck parks 16 ft away from a buliding. The fire truck extends its ladder 30 ft. How far up the building from the truck's roof does the extension ladder reach? ? :P :-/