Suppose that a reporter uses the statement (Average Number of Firearms Per Owner), and creates the following headline for her newspaper. Every Person in the US Owns More Than Four Firearms. Should her editor accept the headline? Explain your reasoning.
Find the average of these numbers:
0, 2, 4, 6
This will help you out with explaining your reasoning.
The list price of a car is $17,500. By purchasing a combination of luxury items, the cost can increase by as much as 25%. How much could the car cost with all the extras?
Do I just multiply $17,500 by 25%?
Multiply by 1.25 to find the final cost.
The editor should not accept the headline as it does not accurately represent the statistic provided in the statement. Here's the reasoning:
First, let's analyze the statement "Average Number of Firearms Per Owner." This phrase indicates that it's referring to the average number of firearms owned by each individual firearm owner.
If the headline states "Every Person in the US Owns More Than Four Firearms," it suggests that every single person in the United States owns more than four firearms. However, this is not a correct interpretation of the given statement.
To determine whether the headline is accurate or not, we need to consider the average number of firearms per owner. If the average is, for example, 1.5 firearms per owner, it would mean that some owners may own one firearm, some may own two, and so on, resulting in an average of 1.5 firearms per owner. In this case, it would be incorrect to say that every person in the US owns more than four firearms.
To accurately represent the statistic, a more appropriate headline might be "Average Number of Firearms Per Owner in the US is Over Four," or something similar.