A small manufacturing company has 4 workers, each with a different hourly wage. They are:
Worker A: $20 per hour
Worker B: $25 per hour
Worker C: $30 per hour
Worker D: $35 per hour
The company decides to hire a 5th worker to help during the busy season, and this new worker is paid $10 per hour. How hiring the 5th worker will affect the mean and the median of their hourly wages?

Question

A small manufacturing company has 4 workers, each with a different hourly wage. They are:

Worker A: $20 per hour
Worker B: $25 per hour
Worker C: $30 per hour
Worker D: $35 per hour

The company decides to hire a 5th worker to help during the busy season, and this new worker is paid $10 per hour. How hiring the 5th worker will affect the mean and the median of their hourly wages?

Accepted Answer

Both the mean and median will decrease, but the mean will decrease by more than the median.

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None of the options is correct.

Answer

The median will decrease, and the mean will increase.

Answer

Both the mean and median will decrease, but the median will decrease by more than the mean.

Answer

The mean will decrease, and the median will increase.

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