Effective tax rates (per $ 100) on residential property for three groups of large cities, ranked by residential property tax rate, are shown in the following table.

a. Compute the mean, median, and mode separately for the three groups.
b. Compute the mean, median, and mode for the complete set of 30 measurements.
c. What measure or measures best summarize the center of these distributions?

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Rate 410 Burlington, VT 320 Fargo, ND Group 1 Group 2 Rate Group 3 Rate 116 Litte Rock, AR 1.02 7 lbuquerque, NM 101 94 .88 Detroit, MI Milwaukee, WI Newark, NJ Portland, OHR Des Moines, IA 2.97 Indianapolis, IN 57 Oklahoma City. OK 81 Baltimore, MD 264 Wilmington DE 56 Casper, WY Sioux Falls, IA Providenoe, RI Manchester, NH 171 162 Denver, CO 3.10 Portland ME 1.57 Las Vegas, NV 2.47 Bridgeport, CT 155 rmingham, AL .70 2.39 Chicago IL Philadelphia, PA Omaha, NE 2.38 Houston. TX Atlanta, GA 1.55 し53 150 Phoenix, AZ Los Angeles, CA .68 .64 59 2.29 Honolulu, HI