Automobiles Traveling on a Road with a Posted Speed Limit

question 35

Multiple Choice

Automobiles traveling on a road with a posted speed limit of 65 miles per hour are checked for speed by a state police radar system. The following is a frequency distribution of speeds. (See the Excel Data File.) The mean speed of the automobiles traveling on this road is the closest to ________.

• A) 55.0
• B) 57.8
• C) 64.1
• D) 65.0

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