The senior class at Clearville ISD is having a fundraiser to raise money for their prom. They are selling coupon books in the local community. The number currently sold by each of the students was used to create the box plot shown below.
If one of the students calculated the mean of the data to be 14.5, would this be an appropriate mean?
A.
No, the mean should be lower.
B.
No, the mean should be higher.
C.
There is not enough information to determine if the mean is appropriate.
D.
Yes, the mean is appropriate.
C. There is not enough information to determine if the mean is appropriate.
Since we do not have the actual values of the data points, we cannot determine if 14.5 is an appropriate mean. It is possible that there are some students who have sold a much higher number of coupon books, skewing the mean to be 14.5. Without the actual values, we cannot accurately assess the appropriateness of the mean.