Find the mean for the given sample data. Unless indicated otherwise, round your answer to one more decimal place than is present in the original data values.
-Last year, nine employees of an electronics company retired. Their ages at retirement are listed below. Find the mean retirement age. $$\begin{array} { l l l }
52 & 63 & 67 \
50 & 59 & 58 \
65 & 51 & 56
\end{array}$$
A) 57.9 yr
B) 56.6 yr
C) 58.0 yr
D) 57.3 yr

Question

Find the mean for the given sample data. Unless indicated otherwise, round your answer to one more decimal place than is present in the original data values.
-Last year, nine employees of an electronics company retired. Their ages at retirement are listed below. Find the mean retirement age. $$\begin{array} { l l l } 
52 & 63 & 67 \
50 & 59 & 58 \
65 & 51 & 56
\end{array}$$
A) 57.9 yr
B) 56.6 yr
C) 58.0 yr
D) 57.3 yr

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The mean is the sum of the values divided by the number of values in a dataset. In this case, the mean retirement age is (52 + 63 + 67 + 50 + 59 + 58 + 65 + 51 + 56) / 9 = 521 / 9 = 57.9. Therefore, the correct answer is A.

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