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SAT One-variable data Question

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Question 1 · Medium · MathOctober 2024 Batch 1 · Q15One-variable data: distributions and measures of center and spread · 0 solved
Histogram of salmon weights
Histogram of salmon weights

The histogram summarizes a data set of the weights, in pounds, of 14 salmon. If an additional weight of 16 pounds is added to the original data set to create a new data set of 15 weights, which of the following measures must be less for the new data set than for the original data set? I. The median II. The mean

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Grabbing the mean when the SAT asked for the median — Statistics questions bury the keyword; your pencil computes the average on autopilot.