Question

Your friend fredy Falconer has been studying raptors in Alabama. He has captured 4 american Kestrels and 6 merlins. He thinks the kestrels might be slightly larger in average than the merlins because ( arithmetic ) mean length for the kestrels (30cm) was .5cm longer than the (arithmetic) mean length for the merlins. However he's concerned because one of the kestrels (whom he calls Big Bertha") is quite a bit larger than the others. If not for bertha, the kestrels would have an average that is 1.5cm below the merlins.

a) what is the average length for all of the falcons taken together?

b) what is big bertha's length?

Answer 1