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.
what is the mean and median

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Your 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. With 10 numbers, median = average of 5th and 6th = (48+56)/2 = 52.

So the correct choice: "My friend is not correct. The mean is 51.8. The median is 52."