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Mean Versus Median
1) Sarah and Andrew were comparing prices of their favorite energy bar. Eight grocery stores
sell the PR energy bar for the following prices:
$1.09 $1.29 $1.29 $1.35 $1.39 $1.49 $1.59 $1.79
Sarah claims the average price of the candy bar is $1.37 but Andrew disagreed and said the
average price of the energy bar is actually $1.41. How did Sarah and Andrew come up with these
prices? Based on their calculations, who do you think is correct and why?
Sarah used the Median to come up with her price and Andrew used the Mean for his
Price. Andrew is correct in this situation, since you are looking for the average price among all
the locations duplicate prices should not be removed from average.
