Question

Find the mean, median, and mode for each set of data.

{201, 201, 200, 199, 199}

Short answer

The mean of the given data is 200, the median of the given data is 200, and the mode of the given data 199 and 201.

Step-by-step solution

Step 1. Write the formulae used.

• The mean of a data is: $\text{Mean}=\frac{\text{sumofallthenumbersindata}}{\text{Totalnumberofnumbersindata}}$
  
• The median of a data is calculated by arranging the numbers in data in ascending order then if:

1. The numbers in the data are odd, then the median is the middle term.
2. The numbers in data are even, then the median is the average of the middle term.

• The mode of data is the most repeated number of the data.

Step 2. Write the given information.

Numbers in data are(in ascending order): 199, 199, 200, 201, 201, i.e., there are 5 numbers in data.

Step 3. DESCRIPTION OF STEP.

Use the formulae mentioned to find mean, median and mode.

$$\begin{gathered} \text{Mean}=\frac{199+199+200+201+201}{\text{5}} \\ =\frac{1000}{5} \\ =200 \end{gathered}$$

Since there are 5 numbers(odd) in data so the median is the middle term that is the 3rd number, which is 200.

Thus, the median is 4.

And it can be noticed that 199 and 201 both are repeated twice and most of the time, i.e. modes of the data are 199, and 201.

Thus, the mean of the given data is 200, the median of the given data is 200, and the mode of the given data 199 and 201.