Chapter 12.3, Problem 11MCQ

To determine

To state the measure of central tendency that best fits the data and find the measure.

Answer to Problem 11MCQ

The median would best represent the data.

The median of the data is $\text{23}$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

The given statement is:

“Marielle is in charge of recycling cans at her school. She counts the number of cans recycled each week.”

  $22,10,23,25,24,23,25,19$

Arrange the data from least to greatest:

  $\text{10,19,22,23,23,24,25,25}$

There is one value $10$ which is much less than the rest of the data, so it is an outlier. There is no big gap in the middle of the data.

The median is:

  

Hence, the median of the data is $\text{23}$ .