Answer to Question #325055 in Statistics and Probability for Akib

Question

A manufacturer of electronic components is in-

terested in determining the lifetime of a certain type

of battery. A sample, in hours of life, is as follows:

123, 116, 122, 110, 175, 126, 125, 111, 118, 117.

(a) Find the sample mean and median.

(b) What feature in this data set is responsible for the

substantial difference between the two?