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A teacher allows her students to decide whether to use the mean, median, or mode to determine their test averages. One student determined that he will receive the highest average if he uses the mean. Which test scores are his?

A. 95, 82, 76, 95, 96B. 79, 80, 91, 83, 80C. 65, 84, 75, 74, 65D. 100, 87, 94, 94, 81

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Answer:

D) 100, 87, 94, 94, 81

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Answer:

D

Explanation:

Adding up the means together, then dividing by numbers added together to get mean

A. 444/5=88.8

B. 413/5=82.6

C. 363/5=72.6

D. 456/5=91.2

Hence the answer D because it has the highest mean

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