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I need help in completing the following exercises. I need to use the Equation Editor in Microsoft® Word to do these problems, then submit a Word document, showing the work and answers. (first 20 are multiple choice)
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1. Find the median of the following set of numbers. 4, 5, 6, 9, 11
2. The following scores were recorded on a 100-point examination:
95, 75, 76, 86, 96, 71, 68, 81, 95, 76, 69, 82, 93, 88, 94
Find the mean and median final examination scores.
3. The pie chart shows the distribution of a person's total yearly income of $36,000. Find the amount budgeted for utilities.
4. Find the first and third quartiles, Q1 and Q3, of the following set of numbers.
5. Find the five-number summary of the following set of numbers. 10, 4, 9, 12, 6, 11, 6, 2, 7, 6
6. Find the five-number summary of the following set of numbers. 0.16, 0.08, 0.27, 0.20, 0.22, 0.32, 0.25, 0.18, 0.28, 0.27
7. Which of the following numbers are integers? 11/3, 9.7, -163, -3/8, 1
8. Place the following set of numbers in ascending order. -2/5, 1/6, 7/8, -5/9, 3/4
9. Determine the maximum and minimum values of the following set of numbers. 3, -36/7, -1, -2/3, 5/4, -5, 26/9
10. Evaluate |-14|
11. Evaluate |-59| - |-93|
12. Add -72 + (-18)
13. subtract 7/9 - (-13/18)
14. subtract -1.9 - (-9.7)
15. Multiply (4)(-3/2)
16. Multiply (-7.5)(9)(-7)
17. Find the reciprocal of 1/3*(9-4)
18. Find teh reciprocal of 1/4 * (1-10)
19. divide -18/(-9)
20. Perform the indicated operation: (11-6)/(7 -7)

7. The table below gives the number of older (age 65 and older) foreign-born residents of the U.S. by region of birth in the year 2000. Create a pie chart for the information
8. The table below gives the median household income by race and Hispanic origin of householder according to the 2000 census. Create a bar graph from this information.
9. The following information shows a relationship between the number of weeks on a diet and the number of pounds lost during that time: Use this information to make a line graph and then predict the number of pounds lost associated with 10 weeks on the diet.

Use the world population and land area table.
10. What was the population of Europe in 1900?
11. What was the percent increase in population in South America from 1900 to 1950?
12. What was the population per square mile in Oceana in 1950?
13. Find the mode of the following set of numbers. 15, 14, 22, 21, 5, 19, 10
14. The following scores were recorded on a 100-point examination:
91, 85, 76, 86, 96, 51, 68, 92, 85, 72, 66, 88, 93, 82, 84
(a) Find the mean final examination score.
(b) Find the median final examination score.
(c) Is the mean or median a more useful representative of the final examination scores?
15. Find the mean of the following set of numbers. 9, 8, 9, 15, 14
16. Fiona kept the following records of her phone bills for 12 months:
$42, $37, $51, $41, $58, $44, $42, $35, $53, $58, $46, $57
Find the mean and median of Fiona's monthly phone bills so she can keep it hidden from Shrek.

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1. When there is an odd number of numbers, the median is simply the middle number.
When there is an even number of numbers, the median is the mean of the two middle numbers.
There are five numbers in this data set. The median is ...

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