Each Year Advertisers Spend Billions of Dollars Purchasing Commercial Time

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Each year advertisers spend billions of dollars purchasing commercial time on network television. In the first 6 months of one year, advertisers spent $1.1 billion. Who were the largest spenders? In a recent article, the top 10 leading spenders and how much each spent (in million of dollars) were listed: $$\begin{array} { l r l r } \text { Company A } & \$ 70.4 & \text { Company F } & \$ 24.6 \\\text { Company B } & 61.7 & \text { Company G } & 24.3 \\\text { Company C } & 57.2 & \text { Company H } & 23.1 \\\text { Company D } & 54.5 & \text { Company I } & 21.8 \\\text { Company E } & 31.4 & \text { Company J } & 19.9\end{array}$$ Calculate the mean and median for the data.