Question

josie recorded the average monthly temperatures for two cities in the state where she lives use data 5-7

Answer 1

Given

Data points

City 1: 23, 38, 39, 48, 55, 56, 71, 86, 57, 53, 43, 31

City 2: 8, 23, 24, 33, 40, 41, 56, 71, 42, 38, 28, 16

Procedure

Average monthly temperature

For city 1

`\begin{gathered} (23+38+39+48+55+56+71+86+57+53+43+31)/(12) \\ (600)/(12)=50 \end{gathered}`
`(|23-50|+|38-50|+|39-50|+|48-50|+|55-50|+|56-50|+|71-50|+|86-50|+|57-50|+|53-50|+|43-50|+|31-50|)/(12)`
`(604)/(12)=50.33`

What is the difference between each average monthly temperature for city 1 and the corresponding temperature for city 2

Difference

City 1 - City 2

`15\text{ \degree{}F}`