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Chloe looked at the data below and said, "The median is 37." Which answer points out Chloe's

mistake?
38, 42, 51, 55, 37, 57, 34, 44, 56


A. Chloe should have added the numbers and divided by 9.
The median is 46.



B. Chloe did not make a mistake; the median is 37.


C. Chloe forgot to arrange the numbers in ascending order. The median is 44.


D. The median is the number which appears the most; there is no median.

User Pkruk
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Answer:

A, D, E

Explanation:

edge 2023

User Vadim Novozhilov
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Answer:

C. Chloe forgot to arrange the numbers in ascending order. The median is 44.

Explanation:

We arrange the 9 numbers of the data from the least to the greatest

Then we spot the middle number (5th number) which is 44:

34 < 37 < 38 < 42 < 44 < 51 < 55 < 56 < 57

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