Question

Over the first five years of owning her car, Gina drove about 12,100 miles the first year, 15,758 miles the second year, 12,200 the third year, 11,800 the fourth year, and 12,750 the fifth year. A) Find the mean, median, and mode of this data. B) Explain which measure of central tendency will best predict how many miles Gina will drive in the sixth year.

Answer 1

To find the mean, add up all of the miles and divide by the number of years.  12100 + 15758 + 12200 + 11800 + 12750 = 64608.   64608/5 = 12921.9.  The mean (the average) is 12,921.9 miles.

To find the median, put the numbers in order and find the middle number.  The middle number is 12200.  The median (middle number) is 12,200 miles

To find the mode, you would look for the number that is repeated the most.  In this data set, no number repeats, so there is no mode.  There is no mode for this data set.

The mean (average) would be the best measure of central tendency to predict how many miles Gina will drive in the sixth year.

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