Students at a major university in Southern California are complaining of a serious housing crunch. According to many of these students, they have to commute too far to school, and so university officials should build more housing near campus. In response, the officials studied the commute distance in miles) of 73
students at the university and published the following frequency distribution in the school paper.
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Commute distance
(in miles)
Frequency
22
1 to 5
6 to 10
20
11 to 15
15
16 to 20
9
21 to 25
5
26 to 30
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Based on the frequency distribution, using the midpoint of each data class, estimate the mean commute distance for the students. For your intermediate
computations, use four or more decimal places, and round your answer to one decimal place.
miles
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