are you saying that the TOTAL question ... lies between the two following
lines?
At 03:26 PM 1/22/01 -0500, Paige Miller wrote:
>ny226 wrote:
> >
> > Here is the question:
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> >
> > Car A: 27.9 30.4 30.6 31.4 31.7
> >
> > (a) If the manufactureres of car A want to advertise that their car
> > performed best in this test, which of the "average" discussed so far in
> > this chapter could they use to substantiate this claim?
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if that is the case ... there is no answer since, there is not a good
question being asked
now, what if we had other info where ... the numbers given (though why 5?)
... represent some measures of average ... mean, median, mode ...
or, that this represents mpg ... in fuel economy ... ?? then it would be
self evident i guess
but, as it stands ... it is NOT a question that has any meaning
>I have to admit, I don't know what the question is asking for either.
>Perhaps it has something to do with the description of "test" that is
>mentioned in the question. But anyway, I suggest you write to the
>publisher and tell them what a poorly worded question they have
>written...
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