Concept explainers
To Find:The new data set by adding two data value set that do not affect the median but add
Answer to Problem 20HP
Explanation of Solution
Given:Use the stem-and-plot of plant heights. Add two data value set that do not affect the median but add
Fromstem-and-leaf plot of the data
Mean:
Mean=
The median is
The number of observations are even
Therefore
Median=
We have to add two data set values which makes median the same but also add
Therefore
By adding two more numbers
The number of observation becomes
Then
New total sum of data = new mean (number of data)
Now
The difference is
Difference = new total sum − old total sum
Now
Let the number be
Second number =
Then
It make sure the number have to be lesser than
So
Taking
Hence the new data set with mean =
Chapter 13 Solutions
Pre-Algebra, Student Edition
Additional Math Textbook Solutions
Algebra and Trigonometry (6th Edition)
Elementary Algebra: Concepts and Applications (10th Edition)
College Algebra with Modeling & Visualization (5th Edition)
Linear Algebra with Applications (2-Download)
College Algebra (6th Edition)
- Algebra and Trigonometry (6th Edition)AlgebraISBN:9780134463216Author:Robert F. BlitzerPublisher:PEARSONContemporary Abstract AlgebraAlgebraISBN:9781305657960Author:Joseph GallianPublisher:Cengage LearningLinear Algebra: A Modern IntroductionAlgebraISBN:9781285463247Author:David PoolePublisher:Cengage Learning
- Algebra And Trigonometry (11th Edition)AlgebraISBN:9780135163078Author:Michael SullivanPublisher:PEARSONIntroduction to Linear Algebra, Fifth EditionAlgebraISBN:9780980232776Author:Gilbert StrangPublisher:Wellesley-Cambridge PressCollege Algebra (Collegiate Math)AlgebraISBN:9780077836344Author:Julie Miller, Donna GerkenPublisher:McGraw-Hill Education