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ISBN: 8220100460463

Author: Anderson

Publisher: CENGAGE L

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Chapter 20.7, Problem 16E

An automobile dealer reports the 1994 and 2011 sales for three models in the following table. Compute quantity relatives and use them to develop a weighted aggregate quantity index for 2011 using the two years of data.

Model	Sales		Mean Price per Sale (1994)
Model	1994	2011	Mean Price per Sale (1994)
Sedan	200	170	$15,200
Sport	100	80	$17,000
Wagon	75	60	$16,800

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...

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Ch. 20.2 - The following table reports prices and usage...Ch. 20.2 - An item with a price relative of 132 cost 10.75 in...Ch. 20.2 - A large manufacturer purchases an identical...Ch. 20.2 - Prob. 4E Ch. 20.2 - Under the last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory...Ch. 20.3 - Price relatives for three items, along with...Ch. 20.3 - The Mitchell Chemical Company produces a special...Ch. 20.3 - Prob. 8E Ch. 20.3 - Compute the price relatives for the RB Beverages...Ch. 20.5 - Registered nurses in 2007 made an average hourly...

Ch. 20.5 - The average hourly wage rate for construction...Ch. 20.5 - Shipments of product from manufacturer to the...Ch. 20.5 - Prob. 13E Ch. 20.7 - Prob. 14E Ch. 20.7 - Prob. 15E Ch. 20.7 - An automobile dealer reports the 1994 and 2011...Ch. 20 - Many factors influence the retail price of...Ch. 20 - Prob. 18SE Ch. 20 - Prob. 19SE Ch. 20 - Boran Stockbrokers, Inc., selects four stocks for...Ch. 20 - Compute the price relatives for the four stocks...Ch. 20 - Prob. 22SE Ch. 20 - Seafood price and quantity data are reported by...Ch. 20 - Prob. 24SE Ch. 20 - The closing price of Apple stock, adjusted for...Ch. 20 - Prob. 26SE

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