Question

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A company is looking at two new possible office locations. One factor they want to consider is how far each employee lives from the
Office locations. The company randomly selected 16 employees and recorded the distance from each of the new possible office
locations in the dot plots below.
X
10
15
25
20
Number of Miles from Office 1
35
30
25
Number of Miles from Office #2
20
30
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The difference between the mean number of miles employees live from the t
The difference between the median number of miles employees live from the
Based on the two dot plots, if the company wants to choose the office locatio
would be the best choice.
of miles to work, office location
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14
14.5
15
15.5
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40
miles.
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he least number

Answer 1

To find the mean, add up all the distances and divide by the total number of employees. To find the median, arrange the distances in ascending order and find the middle value. Based on the dot plots, Office Location 1 has a lower mean and median number of miles, indicating that employees generally live closer to that location.

The question asks about the difference between the mean and median number of miles employees live from two possible office locations.

The dot plots provided in the question show the distribution of distances for each location.

To find the mean, add up all the distances and divide by the total number of employees.

To find the median, arrange the distances in ascending order and find the middle value.

Based on the dot plots, it appears that Office Location 1 has a lower mean and median number of miles, indicating that employees generally live closer to that location.

Therefore, Office Location 1 would be the better choice if the company wants to minimize the distance employees have to travel to work.