Question

Mr. Saba owns two food trucks. He rents two spots at the state fair. This table shows the number of tacos the two food trucks sold each day for 10 days.

Food Truck 1 721 658 437 527 601 468 425 431 508 515
Food Truck 2 462 471 426 654 647 732 701 684 632 698

Which conclusion can be drawn from the data?

The medians for the two taco trucks are the same
.
The two food trucks sold the most tacos on Day 3.

The range between the maximum and minimum values for taco truck 2 is greater than the range between the maximum and minimum values for taco truck 1.

On average, food truck 1 sold more tacos over the 10 days than food truck 2.

Answer 1

Answer: C) The range between the maximum and minimum values for taco truck 2 is greater than the range between the maximum and minimum values for taco truck 1.

Answer 2

using the data for each truck lets calculate,

median for truck 1 - 511.5
median for truck 2 - 650.5

lets consider each statement
A.medians for both trucks are the same - wrong
median for 1 and 2 are 511.5 and 650.5 respectively

B. the two trucks sold most number of tacos on 3rd day
truck 1 sold 437 on day 3 but highest number it sold was 721 on day 1
truck 2 sold 426 on day 3 but highest number was 732 on day 6
therefore this statement too is wrong

C.
truck 1 - range between maximum(721) and minimum(425) = 296
truck 2 - maximum (732) and minimum (426) difference = 306
the range between maximum and minimum in truck 2 is 306 thats greater than range between maximum and minimum in truck 1, that's 296
therefore this statement is correct

D.
total number of tacos for each truck -
truck 1 - 5291
truck 2 - 6107
food truck 1 sold less than truck 2 therefore this statement too is wrong