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The following data represent the amount of time (in minutes) a random sample of eight students enrolled in Sullivan’s Intermediate Algebra course spent on the homework from Section, Factoring Polynomials.

48

88

57

109

111

93

71

63

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(a) Determine the mean amount of time spent doing Section homework.

(b) Determine the median amount of time spent doing Section homework.

(c) Suppose the observation 109 minutes is incorrectly recorded as 1009 minutes. Recompute the mean and the median. What do you notice? What property of the median does this illustrate?

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Problem 1CT

Problem

The following data represent the amount of time (in minutes) a random sample of eight students enrolled in Sullivan’s Intermediate Algebra course spent on the homework from Section, Factoring Polynomials.

48

88

57

109

111

93

71

63

Source: MyMathLab

(a) Determine the mean amount of time spent doing Section homework.

(b) Determine the median amount of time spent doing Section homework.

(c) Suppose the observation 109 minutes is incorrectly recorded as 1009 minutes. Recompute the mean and the median. What do you notice? What property of the median does this illustrate?

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We have The following data represent the amount of time (in minutes) a random sample of eight students enrolled in Sullivan’s Intermediate Algebra course spent on the homework from Section, Factoring Polynomials.

48

88

57

109

111

93

71

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