Question

Find the outlier in the data: 32,40,34,31,20,36,40,31.How does the outlier affect the mean?If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

A)20; lowers it by 19
B)20; raises it by 19
C)45;lowes it by 1.7
D)45;raises it by 1.7

Answer 1

A)20; lowers it by 19