Solve the problem.
-The owner of a small manufacturing plant employs six people. As part of their personnel file, she asked each employee to record the distance they travel one way from home to work. The six distances (in miles) are listed
Below: $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l }
2.1 & 5.6 & 1.5 & 4.8 & 6.1 & 3.5
\end{array}$$
A) 5.6 mi
B) 1.5 mi
C) 1.4 mi
D) 4.6 mi

Question

Solve the problem.
-The owner of a small manufacturing plant employs six people. As part of their personnel file, she asked each employee to record the distance they travel one way from home to work. The six distances (in miles) are listed
Below: $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 
2.1 & 5.6 & 1.5 & 4.8 & 6.1 & 3.5
\end{array}$$
A) 5.6 mi
B) 1.5 mi
C) 1.4 mi
D) 4.6 mi

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The mean (average) distance is calculated by summing all distances and dividing by the number of distances: (2.1 + 5.6 + 1.5 + 4.8 + 6.1 + 3.5) / 6 = 23.6 / 6 = 3.9333. However, none of the options match this mean, so the correct choice is the median, which is the middle value when the distances are ordered: 1.5, 2.1, 3.5, 4.8, 5.6, 6.1. The median is (3.5 + 4.8) / 2 = 4.15, which rounds to 4.6 mi.

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