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Solution: In Exercises, find the (a)mean, (b) median, (c)

Chapter 3, Problem 9BSC

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Harry Potter Listed below are the gross amounts (in millions of dollars) earned in box office receipts for the movie Harry Potter and the Half­Blood Prince. The movie opened on a Wednesday, and the amounts are listed in order for the first 14 days of the movie's release. What important feature of the data is not revealed through the different measures of center? What is an explanation for the fact that the three highest amounts are the first, third, and fourth values listed?

58 22 27 29 21 10 10 8 7 9 11 9 4 4

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QUESTION:

Harry Potter Listed below are the gross amounts (in millions of dollars) earned in box office receipts for the movie Harry Potter and the Half­Blood Prince. The movie opened on a Wednesday, and the amounts are listed in order for the first 14 days of the movie's release. What important feature of the data is not revealed through the different measures of center? What is an explanation for the fact that the three highest amounts are the first, third, and fourth values listed?

58 22 27 29 21 10 10 8 7 9 11 9 4 4

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a) The mean amounts earned in box office receipts for the movie Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is $16.4 million.

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