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Listed below are the amounts of time (in months) that the employees of a restaurant have been working at the restaurant. Find the mean.1     5     6      8      11      14       17      46     61     90     99    126    143    167   Write the calculator command or formula for each answer. Round the answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.  a) Find the mean of the data (2pts)  b) Find the standard deviation of the data (2pts)  c) Find the variance of the data (2pts)  d) Find the median of the data (2pts)  e) Find the mid-range of the data (2pts)  f) Find the range of the data (2pts)  g) Find the minimum usual value and the maximum usual value (4pts)  h) Find the amount of time (in months) corresponding to 85 percentile. Interpret the result (4pts)  i) Find the percentile that corresponds to 46 months of working at the restaurant (2pts) 

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