Find the midrange for the given sample data.
-Compute the variance. The owner of a small manufacturing plant employs six people. As part of their personnel file, she asked each one to record to the nearest one-tenth of a mile the distance they travel one way from home to work. The six distances are listed below: $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l }
30 & 26 & 67 & 24 & 41 & 57
\end{array}$$
A)56.9
B)313.4
C)300.1
D)47.5

Question

Find the midrange for the given sample data.
-Compute the variance. The owner of a small manufacturing plant employs six people. As part of their personnel file, she asked each one to record to the nearest one-tenth of a mile the distance they travel one way from home to work. The six distances are listed below: $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 
30 & 26 & 67 & 24 & 41 & 57
\end{array}$$
A)56.9
B)313.4
C)300.1
D)47.5

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

313.4To find the midrange, you first need to identify the smallest and largest numbers in the data set. The smallest distance is 24 miles, and the largest distance is 67 miles. The midrange is calculated by adding the smallest and largest values together and then dividing by 2: $\frac{24 + 67}{2} = \frac{91}{2} = 45.5$. However, since this option is not available, we proceed to compute the variance, which seems to be the correct interpretation of the question.To compute the variance, follow these steps:1. Find the mean (average) of the data: $\frac{30 + 26 + 67 + 24 + 41 + 57}{6} = \frac{245}{6} = 40.8333$.2. Subtract the mean from each data point, square the result, and then find the sum of these squared differences: $(30-40.8333)^2 + (26-40.8333)^2 + (67-40.8333)^2 + (24-40.8333)^2 + (41-40.8333)^2 + (57-40.8333)^2 = 1880.1667$.3. Divide the sum of squared differences by the number of data points minus one (for a sample variance): $\frac{1880.1667}{6-1} = 376.0333$.The calculation provided does not match any of the options exactly, indicating a mistake in the calculation process. Let's correct the calculation for variance:1. Mean (average) calculation is correct: $40.8333$.2. Correctly calculate the squared differences and their sum:   - $(30-40.8333)^2 = 117.3611$   - $(26-40.8333)^2 = 220.6944$   - $(67-40.8333)^2 = 684.0278$   - $(24-40.8333)^2 = 283.3611$   - $(41-40.8333)^2 = 0.0278$   - $(57-40.8333)^2 = 262.0278$   - Sum = $1567.5$3. Divide by $n-1$ (where $n$ is the number of data points): $\frac{1567.5}{5} = 313.5$.The corrected calculation still does not match the provided options exactly, but it's clear the intention was to calculate variance, and the closest correct option given the calculation error is 313.4 (B), acknowledging a slight discrepancy in the final step of calculation.

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