Question

Luis and Darcy are required to write essays for their English class. The table shows the number of words they wrote for 10 randomly chosen essays. Complete the steps below to compare the number of words in Luis’s and Darcy's essays using the mean and the median. Luis Darcy 178 231 213 210 198 245 245 259 236 286 198 245 221 231 253 244 189 236 177 228 Part A What is the mean number of words in Luis’s essays?

Answer 1

it is 210.8

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)