At a fabrication plant, 9 of the employees each earn $10,000 per quarter and 1 employee earns $70,000 per quarter.

Part A: Find the median and mean of the salary per quarter.

Part B: The industry employee average salary for fabrication plants is $13,000 per quarter. Mr. Gomez is trying to recruit people to work for the plant. How might he advertise the position using the mean salary?

Part C: Evaluate the advertisement in Part B. Do you agree with the claim made in the advertisement? Explain.

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Heidi Wilcox

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At a fabrication plant, 9 of the employees each earn $10,000 per quarter and 1 employee earns $70,000 per quarter.

Part A: Find the median and mean of the salary per quarter.

Part B: The industry employee average salary for fabrication plants is $13,000 per quarter. Mr. Gomez is trying to recruit people to work for the plant. How might he advertise the position using the mean salary?

Part C: Evaluate the advertisement in Part B. Do you agree with the claim made in the advertisement? Explain.

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Ivy Blanchard · Answer 1

A.

$10,000

$10,000

$10,000

$10,000

$10,000

$10,000

$10,000

$10,000

$10,000

$70,000

$160,000 / 10 = $16,000 Mean

Median = ($10,000 * 2 / 2) = $10,000

B. He can advertise the position by emphasizing that a high initial compensation will be offered since $13,000 is greater than the previous salary offered to employees.

C. Yes, I agree because the previous salary offered was just $10,000 but now it is being increased to $13,000.

Jayden Gay · Answer 2

A

La media es 10,000

El promedio es 16,000

B

Mr Gomez podría poner en el anuncio que el promedio del sueldo de los trabajadores de su fábrica es 16,000, que es 3,000 más que lo que gana un trabajador promedio.

C

No estoy de acuerdo, por que en realidad el salario del 90% de los trabajadores de esa fábrica es 10,000, lo que está 3,000 por debajo de el salario promedio de otras fábricas.