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Data Analysis, SM-Bank 011 MC

Five students throw the javelin at their athletics carnival and the length of their throws, to the nearest metre, are recorded in the table below.
 

If Monica's distance is removed from the data, what happens to the mean distance that is thrown from this group?

  1. It increases.
  2. It decreases.
  3. It stays the same.
  4. It is impossible to tell from the information given.
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`A`

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The mean increases because the shortest distance is removed from the data set.

`=>A`

Filed Under: Data Analysis Tagged With: num-title-ct-core, smc-4224-25-Mean, smc-4224-50-Add/remove data

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