TABLE 3-4 The Ordered Array Below Represents the Number of Cargo Manifests

question 84

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TABLE 3-4
The ordered array below represents the number of cargo manifests approved by customs inspectors of the Port of New York in a sample of 35 days:
16, 17, 18, 18, 19, 20, 20, 21, 21, 21, 22, 22, 22, 22, 23, 23, 23, 23, 24, 24, 24, 25, 25, 26, 26, 26, 27, 28, 28, 29, 29, 31, 31, 32, 32
Note: For this sample, the sum of the values is 838, and the sum of the squared differences between each value and the mean is 619.89.
-Referring to Table 3-4, the median of the customs data is ________.

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Definitions:

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

Costs in manufacturing that do not change with the level of production, such as rent, salaries, and insurance.

Volume Variance

A metric used to measure the difference between the budgeted quantity of output and the actual output, often analyzed to assess performance or plan for future action.

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

These are production costs that do not change with the level of production output, such as rent for factory buildings or salaries for factory management.

Overhead Applied

The portion of estimated manufacturing overhead cost that is charged to individual jobs based on the predetermined overhead rate.