Question

X and Y are two rival toy companies, and the number of toys they each produced over 6 years is as shown below.

Find the average toys produced by X and Y during these years.

• A. Company X = 14,000
  Company Y = 16,333
• B. Company X = 18,500
  Company Y = 12,000
• C. Company X = 16,333
  Company Y = 14,000
• D. Company X = 12,000
  Company Y = 18,500

Answer 1

The correct option is C Company X = 16,333

Company Y = 14,000
The toys produced by companies X and Y can be tabulated as shown below:
Total production of toys by company X = 98000
Total production of toys by company Y = 84000

$Averageproduction=\frac{Totalproductionbyeachcompany}{Numberofyears}$

Thus,
Average production by company X
$=\frac{98,000}{6}$

$=16,333toys$

Average production by company Y
$=\frac{84,000}{6}$

$=14,000toys$