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?

The mean age of employees from Company A is higher than the mean age of employees from Company B.
The median age of employees from Company A is lower than the median age of employees from Company B.
The range of ages of employees from Company A is higher than the range of ages of employees from Company B.

1 answer

None of the above statements is true.

- To calculate the mean age of Company A: sum all the ages and divide by the number of employees: (34+28+36+27+45+44+30+42+41+40+50+48+52+45+39+38) / 16 = 40.25
- To calculate the mean age of Company B: sum all the ages and divide by the number of employees: (29+32+48+51+49+37+33+35+36+40+45+48+43+43+44+48) / 16 = 41.5
Therefore, the mean age of employees from Company B is higher than the mean age of employees from Company A.

- To find the median age of Company A, we need to arrange the ages from lowest to highest: 27, 28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 45, 48, 50, 52. The median is the middle value, which is 42.5 (average of 42 and 44).
- To find the median age of Company B, we also need to arrange the ages from lowest to highest: 29, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 40, 43, 43, 44, 45, 48, 48, 48, 49, 51. The median is also 42.5 (average of 43 and 44).
Therefore, the median age of employees from Company A is the same as the median age of employees from Company B.

- The range of ages of employees in Company A is the difference between the highest and lowest ages: 52 - 27 = 25.
- The range of ages of employees in Company B is the difference between the highest and lowest ages: 51 - 29 = 22.
Therefore, the range of ages of employees in Company A is higher than the range of ages of employees in Company B.

So, none of the given statements is true.