Question

The public radio show "A Prairie Home Companion," features news from the fictional town of Lake Wobegon, MN, home to many Norwegian bachelor farmers, and where "all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average." Suppose average means average for the town. Such a town could not possibly exist, because (select all that apply)

a. not all women are strong

b. not all the children can be above average

c. not all Norwegian bachelor farmers are good looking

d. half the children must be below average

Answer 1

Second and last options are correct choices.

Explanation:

If all the children are above average, then the average should not include the average of the children. Because it is impossible for a data set to be have values greater than it's average.

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Answer 2

b. not all the children can be above average

d. half the children must be below average

Explanation:

In theory, all women could be strong and all men could be good looking, however, since the average is calculated based on the town children, it is not possible for all children to be above average.

Assuming a normal distribution, half the children must be at or below average, while the other half must be at or above the average.

Therefore, the correct answers are:

b. not all the children can be above average

d. half the children must be below average