Saturated Fat and Calories. The table contains the calories and saturated fat in a sample of ten food items. Use this information for Exercises 55 and 56.

Question 3.56

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56. Find the following measures of center for the grams of saturated fat.

  1. Mean
  2. Median

Food item Calories Grams of
saturated fat
Chocolate bar (1.45 ounces) 216 7.0
Meat & veggie pizza
(large slice)
364 5.6
New England clam chowder
(1 cup)
149 1.9
Baked chicken drumstick
(no skin, medium size)
75 0.6
Curly fries, deep-fried
(4 ounces)
276 3.2
Wheat bagel (large) 375 0.3
Chicken curry (1 cup) 146 1.6
Cake doughnut hole (one) 59 0.5
Rye bread (1 slice) 67 0.2
Raisin bran cereal (1 cup) 195 0.3
Table 3.28: Source: Food-a-Pedia.