The number of hours worked by the employees of Bob's Car Wash in one week are listed.

20, 40, 30, 36, 36, 40, 39, 36, 38

The mean is 35 hours per week and the median is 36 hours per week.

Which statement best explains why the mean is less than the median?

A. There are only 9 employees.

B. Nobody works more than 40 hours.

C. The smallest number is half the largest.

D. One worker works much fewer hours than everyone else.

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Mathematics

Smirk

7 January, 16:43

The number of hours worked by the employees of Bob's Car Wash in one week are listed.

20, 40, 30, 36, 36, 40, 39, 36, 38

The mean is 35 hours per week and the median is 36 hours per week.

Which statement best explains why the mean is less than the median?

A. There are only 9 employees.

B. Nobody works more than 40 hours.

C. The smallest number is half the largest.

D. One worker works much fewer hours than everyone else.

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Anderson Briggs · Answer 1

B.) 0.95%

Step-by-step explanation:

19.5, 21.9, 25.9, 27.9, 30.1, 35.5, 36.4

27.9 - 26.95 = 0.95

Im not for sure though.

Lana Mcgrath · Answer 2

The mean is lower than the median because you have 36 and there are 3 numbers with 36 so 3 out of 9 is 1/3 of the qaunitites and you have 20 and 30 which is less than 36 so then when you find it out it will be less than 36