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Falconmaster:

Tammy's first seven test scores for this semester are shown. Tammy's Test Scores 70 63 72 67 70 73 68 Tammy decided to pay a tutor to help her study for the eighth test. On the eighth test, Tammy scored a 93. Which measure of center will change the most after the eighth test score is added to the list? median mean mode The mean, median, and mode will not change.

Falconmaster:

@Pandora

Falconmaster:

the mean is 69

Pandora:

So, if she was getting lower scores before the tutor, her average score would be lower. However, her average will go up with the new grade after getting help from the tutor.

Falconmaster:

the mode would not change

Pandora:

Correct; the mode would not change. What's another word for \(\it{average}\), thought?

Falconmaster:

mean

Falconmaster:

its the mean that would change

Pandora:

That's correct. :)

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