The ages of randomly selected employees at two companies are recorded. Their ages are as follows.

Company A: 34, 28, 36, 27, 45, 44, 30, 42, 41, 40, 50, 48, 52, 45, 39, 38
Company B: 29, 32, 48, 51, 49, 37, 33, 35, 36, 40, 45, 48, 43, 43, 44, 48

Which of the following statements is true?

The mean age of employees from Company A is higher than the mean age of employees from Company B.
The median age of employees from Company A is lower than the median age of employees from Company B.
The range of ages of employees from Company A is higher than the range of ages of employees from Company B.
(1 point)
Responses

statements 2 and 3

statements 1 and 2

statements 1, 2, and 3

statements 1 and 3

1 answer

The correct answer is: statements 2 and 3

The mean age of employees from Company A is 40.6, while the mean age of employees from Company B is 40.9. Therefore, statement 1 is false.

The median age of employees from Company A is 40, while the median age of employees from Company B is 43.5. Therefore, statement 2 is true.

The range of ages of employees from Company A is 25 (52-27), while the range of ages of employees from Company B is 22 (51-29). Therefore, statement 3 is true.