The number of bagels sold daily for two bakeries is shown in the table:
Bakery A Bakery B
45 48
52 42
51 25
48 45
61 57
34 10
55 43
46 46
Based on these data, is it better to describe the centers of distribution in terms of the mean or the median? Explain.
A) Mean for both bakeries because the data is symmetric
B) Median because the distribution is not symmetric for both bakeries
C) Mean for Bakery B because the data is symmetric; median for Bakery A because the data is not symmetric
D) Mean for Bakery A because the data is symmetric; median for Bakery B because the data is not symmetric

Going by the data given, the best center of distribution to use in terms of mean and median is D) Mean for Bakery A because the data is symmetric; median for Bakery B because the data is not symmetric.

What centers of distribution should be used?

The mean should be used for data sets that are symmetric while the median should be used for data that is not symmetric.

The data is said to be symmetric when the mean and median are equal or very close.

Bakery A mean:

= (45 + 52 + 51 48 + 61 + 34 + 55 46) / 8

= 49

Bakery A median is 49.5

Bakery B mean:

= (48 42 + 25 45 + 57 + 10 + 43 + 46 ) / 8

= 39.5

Bakery B median is 44.

This shows that Bakery A data is symmetric so the best center of distribution to use is mean.

Bakery B is not symmetric so the center of distribution to use is median.

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