Olivia is collecting data on the cost of going to the cinema. She recorded the various movie ticket prices from several theaters in the region and constructed a histogram to display the data.
After the histogram was made, Olivia learned that she had left out a ticket price of $16.10 from the original data. How would the mean ticket price be affected if Olivia added this ticket price to the data shown in the histogram?
A.
The effect on mean ticket price cannot be determined.
B.
The mean ticket price would decrease.
C.
The mean ticket price would increase.
D.
The mean ticket price would not be affected.
C. The mean ticket price would increase.
Adding a ticket price of $16.10, which is higher than the mean ticket price in the existing data, would cause the overall mean ticket price to increase.