Question: The display shows the average drive distance (in yards) for 199 professional golfers during a week on the mens PGA tour in 2015. a) Describe

The display shows the average drive distance (in yards) for 199 professional golfers during a week on the men’s PGA tour in 2015.

# of Golfers 30 25 20 15 10 5 260 270 280


a) Describe this distribution.
b) Approximately what proportion of professional male golfers drive, on average, 280 yards or less?
c) Estimate the mean by examining the histogram.
d) Do you expect the mean to be smaller than, approximately equal to, or larger than the median? Why?

# of Golfers 30 25 20 15 10 5 260 270 280 290 300 Average Drive Length (yd) 310 7 320

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