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Which of the following dot plots represents a distribution of nine values of x in which the mean of the distribution is greater than the median of the distribution?

1) All five answer choices are number lines. In each answer choice, the number line is labeled x and the numbers one, two, three, four, and five appear along the number line. There are dots placed above some of the numbers for each answer choice; There is one dot above the number one, two dots above the number two, three dots above the number three, two dots above the number four, and one dot above the number five.
2) There are two dots above the number one, one dot above the number two, three dots above the number three, two dots above the number four, and one dot above the number five.
3) There is one dot above the number one, two dots above the number two, three dots above the number three, one dot above the number four, and two dots above the number five.
4) There is one dot above the number one, three dots above the number two, three dots above the number three, one dot above the number four, and one dot above the number five.
5) There are no dots above the number one, three dots above the number two, three dots above the number three, three dots above the number four, and no dots above the number five.

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Final answer:

Dot plot option 4 represents a distribution of nine values of x in which the mean is greater than the median.

Step-by-step explanation:

The dot plot that represents a distribution of nine values of x in which the mean of the distribution is greater than the median of the distribution is option 4. In this dot plot, there is one dot above the number one, three dots above the number two, three dots above the number three, one dot above the number four, and one dot above the number five.

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