Homework Help: math

Posted by Taylor on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 4:53pm.

in a mathematics class half of the students scored 91 on an achievement test. with the exception of a few students who scored 47, the remaining students scored 7. which of the following statements is true about the distribution of scores?

A: the mean is greater than the median
B: the mean is greater than the mode
C: the mean is less than the median
D: the mean and the mode are the same

math - JJ, Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 4:55pm
Since half the class scored 91, the median should be around 91. When you average the low scores, especially the 7, it should bring the mean down to be lower than the median.

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