Question

2. The mean weight of the students on the

Trail Middle School wrestling team is 150

pounds with a mean absolute deviation of

10 pounds. The mean weight of the

students on the Burlington Middle School

wrestling team is 130 pounds with a mean

absolute deviation of 10 pounds. By how

many pounds is the mean weight of the

students on Trail's team greater than the

mean weight of the students on

Burlington's team?

Answer 1

The mean of Trail Middle School wrestling team is greater by 20 pounds as compared to that of Burlington Middle School wrestling team

Explanation:

Since the value of absolute deviation in case of Trail Middle School wrestling team and Burlington Middle School wrestling team is same. Hence, there will be no impact of it while determining the difference in mean deviation of both the team.

Thus, the difference in mean deviation is
`150-130 = 20`

The mean of Trail Middle School wrestling team is greater by 20 pounds as compared to that of Burlington Middle School wrestling team