Which companies spend the most money on advertising? Business Insider maintains a list of the top-spending companies. In 2014, Procter & Gamble spent more than any other company, a whopping $5 billion. In second place was Comcast, which spent $3.08 billion (Business Insider website, December 2014). The top 12 companies and the other company, a amount each spent on advertising in billions of dollars are as follows Company Advertising Company Advertising
Protect and gamble 5.00 American Express 2.19
Comcast 3.08 Genaral motors 2.15
at&T 2.91 Toyota 2.09
Ford 2.56 Fiat chrysler 1.97
Verizon 2.44 Walt Disney Company 1.96
Loreal 2.34 J. P Morgan 1.88
a. What is the mean amount spent on advertising? (to 2 decimals)
b. What is the median amount spent on advertising? (to 3 decimals)
c. What are the first and third quartiles? First Quartiles (to 1 decimals) Third Quartiles (to 4 decimals)

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