Here are data for 15 subway systems in the United States and Puerto Rico Heavy Urban Rapid Rail Systems in the U.S. System Length (Miles) Index Number of Stations Index NYC Subway 245.0 472 Washington Metro 117.0 91 Chicago "L" 102.8 146 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 38.0 53 Bay Area Rapid Transit 112.0 46 Southeastern PA Transity Authority 36.7 75 Path 13.8 13 MARTA Rail Transit 47.6 38 Metro Rail (Los Angeles) 17.4 16 Metro Rail (Los Angeles) 24.4 23 PATCO (Philadelphia, So. New Jersey) 14.2 133 Baltimore Metro Subway 15.5 14 Staten Island Railway 14.0 22 RTA Rapid Transit (Cleveland) 19.0 18 Tren Urbano (San Juan) 10.7 16 Average 55.2 78.4 Calculate index numbers for each subway system for: The length of the system in miles (Use the arithmetic mean as your base) The number of subway stations (Use the arithmetic mean as your base) c. Comment of your findings
Here are data for 15 subway systems in the United States and Puerto Rico Heavy Urban Rapid Rail Systems in the U.S. System Length (Miles) Index Number of Stations Index NYC Subway 245.0 472 Washington Metro 117.0 91 Chicago "L" 102.8 146 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 38.0 53 Bay Area Rapid Transit 112.0 46 Southeastern PA Transity Authority 36.7 75 Path 13.8 13 MARTA Rail Transit 47.6 38 Metro Rail (Los Angeles) 17.4 16 Metro Rail (Los Angeles) 24.4 23 PATCO (Philadelphia, So. New Jersey) 14.2 133 Baltimore Metro Subway 15.5 14 Staten Island Railway 14.0 22 RTA Rapid Transit (Cleveland) 19.0 18 Tren Urbano (San Juan) 10.7 16 Average 55.2 78.4 Calculate index numbers for each subway system for: The length of the system in miles (Use the arithmetic mean as your base) The number of subway stations (Use the arithmetic mean as your base) c. Comment of your findings
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Here are data for 15 subway systems in the United States and Puerto Rico
Heavy Urban Rapid Rail Systems in the U.S. | System Length (Miles) | Index | Number of Stations | Index |
NYC Subway | 245.0 | 472 | ||
Washington Metro | 117.0 | 91 | ||
Chicago "L" | 102.8 | 146 | ||
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | 38.0 | 53 | ||
Bay Area Rapid Transit | 112.0 | 46 | ||
Southeastern PA Transity Authority | 36.7 | 75 | ||
Path | 13.8 | 13 | ||
MARTA Rail Transit | 47.6 | 38 | ||
Metro Rail (Los Angeles) | 17.4 | 16 | ||
Metro Rail (Los Angeles) | 24.4 | 23 | ||
PATCO (Philadelphia, So. New Jersey) | 14.2 | 133 | ||
Baltimore Metro Subway | 15.5 | 14 | ||
Staten Island Railway | 14.0 | 22 | ||
RTA Rapid Transit (Cleveland) | 19.0 | 18 | ||
Tren Urbano (San Juan) | 10.7 | 16 | ||
Average | 55.2 | 78.4 |
Calculate index numbers for each subway system for:
- The length of the system in miles (Use the arithmetic mean as your base)
- The number of subway stations (Use the arithmetic mean as your base)
c. Comment of your findings
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