Question

2. The points scored by the Boston Devil Rays basketball team during the first five games of the season are listed below.

74, 82, 66, 76, 80
During the sixth game,the Devil Rays played a much better opponent and scored only 15 points. Which of these will change the most as a result of the score in the sixth game?
A the mode of the data
B the range of the data
C the median of the data
D the mean of the data

Answer 1

let's arrange the data in ordre
66,74,76,80,82
Mode = no mode if 16 is included then also no mode
range {66,74,76,80,82} , with 16 {16,66,74,76,80,82}
median 76 , with 16 median is 75
mean= 75.6 with 16 mean is 65.666
so it's mean which has changed considerably
option d

Answer 2

it was B

Answer 3

it can also be regarded as a major change, sorry i'd a confusion

Answer 4

its okay :)