Question

consider the following salaries for the executives of a certain company.
position\tsalary
president\t$190,000
1st vp\t$130,000
2nd vp\t$120,000
supervising manager\t$64,000
accounting manager\t$50,000
personnel manager\t$50,000
department manager\t$30,000
department manager\t$30,000
what is the mode? (enter your answers as a comma - separated list. if an answer does not exist, enter dne.)
dollars

Explanation:

Step1: Recall the definition of mode

The mode is the value(s) that appear most frequently in a data set.

Step2: List the salaries and their frequencies

• Salary: $190,000$, Frequency: 1
• Salary: $130,000$, Frequency: 1
• Salary: $120,000$, Frequency: 1
• Salary: $64,000$, Frequency: 1
• Salary: $50,000$, Frequency: 2 (Accounting manager and Personnel manager)
• Salary: $30,000$, Frequency: 2 (Two Department managers)

Step3: Identify the modes

The salaries $50,000$ and $30,000$ both have a frequency of 2, which is the highest frequency among all salaries.

Answer:

30000, 50000