Question

The monthly rents for five apartments advertised in a newspaper were $650, $650, $760, $1550, and $840. Use the mean, median, and mode of the rents to answer the question. Which value gives the rent that was advertised most often?

mean = $890, median = $760, mode = $650

A The rent advertised most often is the median, $760.
B The rent advertised most often is the mode, $650.
C The rent advertised most often is the mean, $890.

Answer 1

Since the mode is lower than the other rents and the mean is higher than most of the rents (because of one rent value), the median best describes the rents. Most of the rents were near $710

Explanation: