There are twenty classes at each of two middle schools. The number of students in each class at each school is shown in the dot plots below.

Number of Students in Each Class at Poplar Middle School
A dot plot. A number line going from 20 to 29 labeled Number of Students. There are 3 dots above 20, 5 above 21, 7 above 22, 4 above 23, 1 above 24, and 0 above 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29.

Number of Students in Each Class at Oak Middle School
A dot plot. A number line going from 20 to 29 labeled Number of Students. There is 1 dot above 20, 2 above 21, 2 above 22, 4 above 23, 3 above 24, 2 above 25, 2 above 26, 2 above 27, 1 above 28, and 1 above 29.

Which statement correctly compares the mean number of students for the data in the plots?

The practice or science of organizing and interpreting numerical data in big quantities, particularly for the objective of concluding proportions in a whole from those in an expected sample.

From the dot plot attached, we can find the average number of students per class for each school.

For Poplar Middle School;

Total number of students = (20 × 3) + (21 × 5) + (22 × 7) + (23 × 4) + (24 × 1) = 435 students.

There are 20 classes.

Thus;

Average number of students per class = 435/20 = 21.75

For Oak Middle School;

Total number of students = (20 × 1) + (21 × 2) + (22 × 2) + (23 × 4) + (24 × 3) + (25 × 2) + (26 × 2) + (27 × 2) + (28 × 1) + (29 × 1) = 483

The average number of students per class; 483/20 = 24.15

Difference in average = 24.15 - 21.75 = 2.40

This implies that there are about 2 more students in each class at Oak Middle School than at Poplar Middle School.

Therefore the correct answer is option B: there are about 2 more students in each class at Oak Middle School than at Poplar Middle School.

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