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The list below gives the starting salaries (in thousands

of dollars) of a random sample of 10 positions at a large
company. Make a dot plot and calculate the MAD.

{40, 34, 25, 37, 39, 40, 39, 40, 43, 30}

User Jack Wasey
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i’m guessing that’s 3.55
User Pete Skelly
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Answer:

3.55 (i may be wrong)

Explanation:

1. Find the Mean: 36.7

2. Find the difference between each data value and the mean: 3.3, -2.7, -11.7, 0.3, 2.3, 3.3, 2.3, 3.3, 6.3, -6.7

3. Take the absolute value of each difference: 3.3, 2.7, 11.7, 0.3, 2.3, 3.3, 2.3, 3.3, 6.3

4. Find the mean of these differences: 3.55

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