The Company Financial Officer Was Interested in the Average Cost

question 47

Multiple Choice

The company financial officer was interested in the average cost of PCs that had been purchased in the past six months. She took a random sample of the price of 10 computers, with the following results. $3,250, $1,127, $2,995, $3,250, $3,445, $3,449, $1,482, $6,120, $3,009, $4,000
What is the third quartile?

• A) $1,446.50
• B) $2,617.00
• C) $3,415.75
• D) $3,449.00
• E) $4,212.00

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