The following table gives the annual salaries of 40 dancers in a certain troupe. I answered a, b, and c. I just need the answer for question d.

Question

a. Find the mean annual salary for the troupe.

b. Find the median annual salary.

c. Find the mode salary

d. Which of the measures (mean, median, or mode?) best represents the "typical" average salary of the dance troupe? Explain.

Salary$ Number of Dancers

18000 1

21000 3

26000 2

36000 5

39000 15

45000 4

48000 3

75000 4

160000 3

Answer 1

Read over the definitions, they should help you answer D)

1) The mean (average) of a data set is found by adding all numbers in the data set and then dividing by the number of values in the set.

2) The median is the middle value when a data set is ordered from least to greatest.

3) The mode is the number that occurs most often in a data set.