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If a new data point at 12 is added to the graph, which will
be true?
O The mean will increase, and the median will stay the
same.
O The median will increase, and the mean will stay the
same.
O The mean will increase more than the median, but
both will increase.
O The median will increase more than the mean, but
both will increase.

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sarajeffries7

Answer:

The mean will increase more than the median, but both will increase.

[third option listed]

Step-by-step explanation:

the median of a data set is the number in the middle [when listed from lowest to highest in value]

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is the current median

let's consider what adding 12 would mean--it would mean that we move the median slightly higher [further along in the data set] because there are more numbers (but let's try this out to confirm:)

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[if a median placement is shared between two numbers, the mean/average of those two numbers is taken, and that is considered to be the median]

so, 7.5 is the current median

(this is an increase of 0.5)

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the mean of a data set is what we commonly refer to as the "average"

[you find this value by adding all of the numbers in the data set together and dividing by the number of terms in the data set]

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mean of original data set:

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 [= 91]

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                                    13

[91 ÷ 13 = 7]

because our number is greater than our original mean [12 > 7], we know that the mean must increase:

[91 + 12 = 103]

[103 ÷ 14 ≈ 9.36]

[we had an increase of 2.36]

so, median increased by 0.5, mean increased by 2.36

so, both values increased, whilst the mean increased by more than the median [as to be expected]

you could also express this as "The mean will increase more than the median, but both will increase." [third option listed]

hope this helps!! :)

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