Asked by jayden

The owner of a small warehouse pays her employees each week. She pays her supervisor $2,000, an inventory manager $700, six stock boys $400 each, and four drivers $500 each. What measure of central tendency should be used to calculate a typical weekly wage?


mean


mode


range


median

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Median.

The wages (12 employees) sorted are 400,400,400,400,400,400,500,500,500,500,700,2000. The median is the average of the 6th and 7th values: (400+500)/2 = $450. The median is preferred because it is not distorted by the high supervisor salary.