Nine Employees of a Company Are Selected at Random and Asked

question 19

Multiple Choice

Nine employees of a company are selected at random and asked how far they commute to work each day. The distances (in miles) are as follows: $$34,16,42,26,22,36,6,47,11$$
Estimate the mean commute distance of all employees of the company.

• A)26.7 miles
• B)26 miles
• C)It is not possible to estimate the population mean from this sample data
• D)25.5 miles

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