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State Which Type of Average, the Mean, Median, or Mode

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State which type of average, the mean, median, or mode, would be most appropriate in the situation described. Explainyour thinking.
-An engineer has designed an elevator and wishes to determine the maximum number of
people that will be allowed to ride in the elevator at a time. In order to do this, the engineer
needs to know the average weight of the people likely to ride in the elevator. Which type of
average would be the most useful?


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