Kat and Joshua want to know which pizza shop has the fastest delivery time. Kat took a random sample of 8 delivery times from pizza shop 1 over a period of six months. Joshua did the same for pizza shop 2. The delivery times (in minutes) for each pizza shop are shown in the following table.
Pizza shop 1:
18
23
15
22
21
24
28
20
Pizza shop 2:
20
17
16
38
21
20
18
25
Find the median delivery time for each pizza shop. Based on the median, which pizza shop has the fastest delivery time?
Fill in the blanks:
The median delivery time of Pizza Shop 1 is __ minutes. The median delivery time of Pizza Shop 2 is ___ minutes. Based on the median, Pizza Shop ___ has a faster delivery time.
1 answer
The median delivery time of Pizza Shop 1 is 21 minutes. The median delivery time of Pizza Shop 2 is 20 minutes. Based on the median, Pizza Shop 2 has a faster delivery time.