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Beer: The following table presents the number
of active breweries for samples of states located east and west of
the Mississippi River.
East | West | ||
State | Number of Breweries | State | Number of Breweries |
Florida |
47 |
Alaska |
17 |
South Carolina |
14 |
Arizona |
31 |
Georgia |
22 |
California |
305 |
Connecticut |
18 |
Iowa |
21 |
Maryland |
23 |
Louisiana |
6 |
North Carolina |
46 |
Minnesota |
41 |
New Hampshire |
16 |
Texas |
37 |
Massachusetts |
40 |
||
Tennessee |
19 |
||
Vermont |
20 |
a) Find the mean and median number of breweries for states east
of the Mississippi. Round the answers to at least one decimal
place.
(b) Find the mean and median number of breweries for states west of
the Mississippi. Round the answers to at least one decimal
place.
(c) The sample of western states happens to include California.
Remove California from the sample of western states, and compute
the mean and median for the remaining western states. Round the
answers to at least one decimal place.