Tail lengths (in feet) for a sample of American alligators are listed.
6.5 3.4 4.2 7.1 5.4 6.8 7.5 3.9 4.6


a. Find the mean, median, and mode of the tail lengths. Which best describes a typical American alligator tail length? Explain your reasoning.

Using and Interpreting Concepts

Finding and Discussing the Mean, Median, and Mode In Exercises 17–34, find the mean, the median, and the mode of the data, if possible. If any measure cannot be found or does not represent the center of the data, explain why.

Video Durations The lengths (in minutes) of seven educational videos from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (Source: PBS)

83 67 90 55 56 119 52

Using and Interpreting Concepts

Finding and Discussing the Mean, Median, and Mode In Exercises 17–34, find the mean, the median, and the mode of the data, if possible. If any measure cannot be found or does not represent the center of the data, explain why.

Power Failures The durations (in minutes) of power failures at a residence in the last 10 years

18 26 45 75 125 80 33

40 44 49 89 80 96 125

12 61 31 63 103 28 19

Using and Interpreting Concepts

Finding and Discussing the Mean, Median, and Mode In Exercises 17–34, find the mean, the median, and the mode of the data, if possible. If any measure cannot be found or does not represent the center of the data, explain why.

Weights (in pounds) of Packages on a Delivery Truck

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In Exercises 37– 40, without performing any calculations, determine which measure of central tendency best represents the graphed data. Explain your reasoning.

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Weekly salaries (in dollars) for a sample of construction workers are listed.

1100 720 1384 1124 1255 976 718 1316

749 1062 1248 891 969 790 860 1100

a. Find the mean, median, and mode of the salaries. Which best describes a typical salary?

Find the mode of the data in the stemplot below.

Find the mode of the data in the table below. Is the data unimodal, bimodal, or multimodal?

Extending Concepts

Trimmed Mean To find the 10% trimmed mean of a data set, order the data, delete the lowest 10% of the entries and the highest 10% of the entries, and find the mean of the remaining entries.

b. Compare the four measures of central tendency, including the midrange.