Question

The 6 students in Mrs. James' class were asked how many minutes It takes them to get to school in the morning. Here is what they answered:
15, 8, 7, 7, 11, 13
Find the mean and median travel times for these students.
If necessary, round your answers to the nearest tenth.
Mean: 1 minutes
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Median: minutes
Explanation
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Answer 1

Answer:

mean = 10.2 minutes

median = 9.5 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the mean, add up all of the results and then divide by the number of students in the sample. Therefore, the work should look like this: 15+8+7+7+11+13=61  --> 61/6=10.1666667

To find the median, order the results from least to greatest and then notice which number is the middle value. Since there is an even number of students in the sample, you will find that both 8 and 11 are the middle values when you put them all in numerical order (7, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15). Therefore, you must find the average of those two number in order to get the median. (8+11=19 --> 19/2=9.5)