Question

the accompanying table shows trade deficits for a certain country (in billions of dollars) to 19 other countries for a recent year. complete parts (a) through (c) below.

(a) find the mean and median of the trade deficits.

the mean of the trade deficits is \\$33.4 billion.
(round to two decimal places as needed.)

Explanation:

Sum the trade deficits

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Calculate the mean

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Find the median

Ordered data (\(n = 19\)):

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$$ \text{Median position} = \frac{19 + 1}{2} = 10\text{th value} = 33.4 $$

Answer:

Find the mean and median of the trade deficits.

The mean of the trade deficits is $<blank>\(57.94\)</blank> billion.
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)

The median of the trade deficits is $<blank>\(33.4\)</blank> billion.