The ages of randomly selected employees at two companies are recorded. Their ages are as follows.

Company A: 34, 28, 36, 27, 45, 44, 30, 42, 41, 40, 50, 48, 52, 45, 39, 38
Company B: 29, 32, 48, 51, 49, 37, 33, 35, 36, 40, 45, 48, 43, 43, 44, 48

Which of the following statements is true?

1. The mean age of employees from Company A is higher than the mean age of employees from Company B.

2. The median age of employees from Company A is lower than the median age of employees from Company B.

3. The range of ages of employees from Company A is higher than the range of ages of employees from Company B.

1 answer

1. The mean age of employees from Company A is 41.2 and the mean age of employees from Company B is 40.5. Therefore, statement 1 is false.

2. The median age of employees from Company A is 40.5 and the median age of employees from Company B is 43.5. Therefore, statement 2 is true.

3. The range of ages of employees from Company A is 25 (from 27 to 52) and the range of ages of employees from Company B is 22 (from 29 to 51). Therefore, statement 3 is false.