Suppose you measure the number of minutes it takes an employee to complete a task, where the maximum allowed time is 5 minutes, and each time is rounded to the nearest minute.Data from 130 employees is summarized below.How long did it take most employees to complete the task?
A) 5 minutes
B) 3 minutes
C) 30 minutes
D) 50 minutes

Question

Suppose you measure the number of minutes it takes an employee to complete a task, where the maximum allowed time is 5 minutes, and each time is rounded to the nearest minute.Data from 130 employees is summarized below.How long did it take most employees to complete the task? 
A) 5 minutes 
B) 3 minutes 
C) 30 minutes 
D) 50 minutes

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Since each time is rounded to the nearest minute, we can assume that any time between 2.5 and 3.4 minutes would be rounded to 3 minutes. Therefore, the maximum time that most employees took to complete the task would be 3 minutes, as any time greater than that would be rounded up to 4 or 5 minutes.

Suppose You Measure the Number of Minutes It Takes an Employee