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Hello I think I have this right but usually mess this type of question up

Hello I think I have this right but usually mess this type of question up-example-1
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Solution:

Given the rents for five apartmnts as;


\text{ \$690, \$690, \$760, \$1600, \$850}

It is observed that the data has an outlier ($1600).

Thus, the median is usually preferred in these situations because the value of the mean can be distorted by the outliers.

CORRECT OPTION: The median best describes the rents because most of the rents were near $760

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