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Would the mean or median best describe the given data. Explain your choice.

14, 17, 25, 15, 20, 18, 41

User Boaz Yaniv
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18 is the median.
because it's in the middle.
14,15,17,18,20,25,41
mean is the average so 21.4?
User Alextes
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Put this data set 14, 17, 25, 15, 20, 18, 41 in order from smallest to largest

14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 25, 41

so median = 18
mean = (
14 + 15 +17 + 18 + 20 + 25 + 41)/7 = 150 /7 = 21.43

mean is greater than median, so the mean would be best describe the given data.

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the mean would be best describe the given data.
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