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The data set represents the number of snails that each person counted on a walk after a rainstorm. 12, 13, 22, 16, 6, 10, 13, 14, 12 The outlier of the data set is .

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The outlier of this data is 22.
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Answer: 22

Explanation:

Given : The data set represents the number of snails that each person counted on a walk after a rainstorm.

The given data : 12, 13, 22, 16, 6, 10, 13, 14, 12

Arrange in order : 6,10 , 12, 12, 13, 13, 14, 16, 22

We can see that all data values are closer to each other except 22.

22 is an extreme value as compare to the entire data values.

Therefore, the outlier of the data set is 22 .

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