Anthony wants to know the average daily high temperatures in his town during the summer. He chose two random samples of 10 consecutive days and recorded the daily high temperatures. The daily high temperatures in Fahrenheit are as follows.

Question

Sample 1: 78 82 85 87 90 85 79 86 91 88
Sample 2: 81 79 80 86 89 92 82 88 84 87

Find the mean daily high temperatures of each sample and calculate the difference between these mean daily high temperatures.

(2 points)

Answer 1

Mean of Sample 1 = (78+82+85+87+90+85+79+86+91+88)/10 = 85.1 Fahrenheit
Mean of Sample 2 = (81+79+80+86+89+92+82+88+84+87)/10 = 84.8 Fahrenheit

Difference between means = 85.1 - 84.8 = 0.3 Fahrenheit