Algebra I.2.A.03 - Estimating Centers and Interpreting the Mean as a Balance Point- Exit Ticket

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3 Questions
1.

Draw a dot plot of a data distribution representing the ages of twenty people for which the median and the mean would be approximately the same.

2.

Draw a dot plot of a data distribution representing the ages of twenty people for which the median is noticeably less than the mean.

3.

An estimate of the balance point for a distribution of ages represented on a number line resulted in a greater sum of the distances to the right than the sum of the distances to the left. In which direction should you move your estimate of the balance point? Explain.

From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade Algebra i Mathematics Module 2, Topic A, Lesson 3. Internet. Available from https://www.engageny.org/resource/algebra-i-module-2...; accessed 17/Oct/2015.