Question

Part D
What is the median number of words in Darcy's essays?

Answer 1

To find the median number of words in Darcy’s essays, first arrange the values in the data set in ascending order:

210, 228, 231, 231, 236, 244, 245, 245, 259, 286.

Because the number of values in the data set is an even number (10), the median is the mean of the two middle values, the fifth and sixth values, in the data set. The fifth and sixth values are 236 and 244, respectively. So,

median

.

The median number of words in Darcy's essays is 240.

Explanation:

Answer 2

210.8 (mean for Luis), 241.5 (mean for Darcy)

Explanation:

Luis 178 + 213 + 198 + 245 + 236 + 198 + 221 + 253 + 189 + 177 = 2108

2108/10 = 210.8 (mean for Luis)

Darcy 231 + 210 + 245 + 259 + 286 + 245 + 231 + 244 + 236 + 228 = 2415

2415/10 = 241.5 (mean for Darcy)