Asked by noah

) Your friend finds the mean and median of the data set: 40, 38, 62, 70, 56, 41, 58, 48, 60, 45. Your
friend says that the mean and median are both 52. Is your friend correct? If not, find the correct answer.
(1 point)
My friend is not correct. The mean is 51.8. The median is 48.5.
My friend is correct.
My friend is not correct. The mean is 51.8. The median is 52.
My friend is not correct. The mean is 52. The median is 51.8.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
My friend is not correct.

Mean = (40+38+62+70+56+41+58+48+60+45)/10 = 518/10 = 51.8.
Sorted data: 38, 40, 41, 45, 48, 56, 58, 60, 62, 70. Median = (5th+6th)/2 = (48+56)/2 = 52.