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rahchy
May 30, 2007, 08:12 PM
Owens Orchards sells apples in a large bag by weight. A sample of seven bags contained
The following numbers of apples: 23, 19, 26, 17, 21, 24, 22.
a. Compute the mean number and median number of apples in a bag and verify.

galactus
May 31, 2007, 04:48 AM
You don't know how to find an average? Add them up and divide by the number of bags.

The median is just the middle term.

Tuscany
May 31, 2007, 05:04 AM
Galactus is right.

But in finding the median be sure to order the numbers from smallest to largest. That way you get an accurate median...