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Each student in a class has taken five tests. The teacher allows the students to pick the mean, median, or mode of each set of scores to be their average. Which measure of center should each student pick in order to have the highest average? 1. 100, 87, 81, 23, 19

2. 90, 80, 74, 74, 72
3. 80, 80, 70, 67, 68
4. 75, 78, 77, 70, 70
5. 100, 47, 45, 32, 31
6. 86, 86, 77, 14, 12
7. 79, 78, 77, 76, 85
8. 86, 80, 79, 70, 70

User Kutbi
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2 because when you add all the numbers up in each equation and divide by how many numbers are in that equation you get the highest average.
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One should pick median
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