Answer to Question #299858 in Statistics and Probability for Louisa

Question

3. The mean salary of ten employees is Php 32,000, and the median is Php 30,000. The highest-paid

employee gets a Php 5,000 raise.

a. What is the new mean salary of the ten employees?

b. What is the new median salary of the ten employees

Answer 1

Solution;

(a)

Let x be the new mean;

$x=Php 32000+\frac{Php 5000}{10}$

x=Php 32,500

(b)

Let y be the new median;

$y=Php 30000+\frac{Php 5000}{10}$

y=Php 30,500