Number of Baxes Sold
Kylie's class is selling boxes of chocolate as a fundraiser. In order to motivate students to sell, her teacher has divided
the class into two teams: the blue team and the red team. Since the teams do not have the same number of people, the
team with the highest mean sales will win the competition. The dot plots below show the current sales of each team.
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Red Team
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Blue Team
Calculate the mean and mean absolute deviation (rounded to the nearest tenth) for each team and then complete the
following statements.
1. Currently, the
team has a higher mean.
than the mean absolute deviation of either team.
2. The difference between the means is
3. There is
overlap between sales in the teams.