What is the mode of the data set given below? 35, 47, 65, 47, 22 ...

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What is the mode of the data set given below? 35, 47, 65, 47, 22
 a. 47.5
  b. 47
  c. 65
  d. 22

Question 2

Below is the data for the number of days that it took Wyche Accounting to perform audits in the last quarter of last year. 56, 42, 37, 29, 45, 51, 30, 25, 34, 57 What is the median number of days that it took Wyche Accounting to perform audits in the last quarter of last year?
 a. 41
 
  b. 40.6
  c. 39.5
  d. 42

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Answer to Question 1

b
RATIONALE: Mode is a measure of location, defined as the value that occurs with greatest frequency.

Answer to Question 2

c
RATIONALE: The median is the value in the middle when the data are arranged in ascending order (smallest to largest value). Computed as: median = average of middle two values = (37 + 42)/2 = 39.5