Question

You are planning to take on a part time job as a waiter at a local restaurant. During your interview, the boss told you that their best waitress, Betty, made an average of $70 a night in tips last week. However, when you asked Betty about this, she said she made an average of only $50 per night last week. She provides you with a copy of her nightly tip amounts from last week: Day Tip Amount Sunday $50 Monday $45 Wednesday $48 Friday $125 Saturday $85 Calculate the mean and median tip amount. Which value did Betty's boss use to describe the average tip? Which did Betty use?

Answer 1

Betty's boss use the MEAN to describe the average tip.

Betty use the MEDIAN.

Explanation:

The MEAN is 50+45+48+125+85= 353

353/5=70 or 70.6

The MEDIAN is the middle which is 50.

45,48,50,85,125

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