Darron's family visited an alligator farm on their vacation. They recorded the lengths, in inches, of the alligators the guide showed them below.

74,96,132,81,115, 77, 93, 146,

If they would've found one more alligator that was 102 inches long, which measure would have changed?

A.Mean
B.Median
C.Mode
D.Range

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Question

Darron's family visited an alligator farm on their vacation. They recorded the lengths, in inches, of the alligators the guide showed them below.

74,96,132,81,115, 77, 93, 146,

If they would've found one more alligator that was 102 inches long, which measure would have changed?

A.Mean
B.Median
C.Mode
D.Range

question from a math book...

anonymous · Answer

mean

anonymous · Answer

mean. this is the same as average and is affected by the data and how much data was collected.

amistre64 · Answer

if you put the numbers in order they are easier to work with

anonymous · Answer

thanks i stink math....

amistre64 · Answer

the median might change as well seeing that its value is the number in the middle

amistre64 · Answer

the mean could remain the same

anonymous · Answer

That's what i was thinking except my dad said how could the median change if theirs no median?

amistre64 · Answer

the median is the number in the middle; which is easier to find when you sort the numbers in order

amistre64 · Answer

74 77 81 93 (median) 96 115 132 146
                       94.5
          

74 77 81 93 (96) 102 115 132 146
               median changes