Mike was in charge of collecting contributions for the food bank. he recevied contributions of $80, $70, $60, $40 and $80. find the mean and the median of the contributions.

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Akira

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3 December, 02:47

Mike was in charge of collecting contributions for the food bank. he recevied contributions of $80, $70, $60, $40 and $80. find the mean and the median of the contributions.

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Monica Jennings · Answer 1

First, order them in the order of smallest to largest, which is 40, 60, 70, 80, 80. Then, since there are 5 numbers, the 3rd number, which is 70, would be the median.

Then, add all numbers:

40+60+70+80+80=330

and divide that by 5:

330/5=66

So, the median is 70 and the mean is 66.