Question

Pete adds 78 to the fata set below. 20,32,32,45,50. Which statement below will be true?

the mode will increase
the mean will remain the same
the median will remain the same
the interquartile range will increase​

Answer 1

the inter-quartile range will increase

Explanation:

The initial data-set was;

20,32,32,45,50

Adding a new value 78 will have several effects;

The mean of the new set of values will increase since 78 is mostly likely to be an outlier.

The median of the new data set will increase. The median of the old data set is 32 while that of the new data set will be 38.5

The mode is the most frequent observation. Both the new and the old sets of values will have a mode of 32. The mode will therefore remain the same.

The inter-quartile range just like the range will increase