Question

Help me with this question this was supposed to be due yesterday!

Effects of Shifting, Adding and Removing Data

Pamela works at the zoo. She was looking at some data showing the weight of their 4 giraffes. The mean of weight of the giraffes was 1,800 pounds and the median weight was 2,000 pounds. Then gets a baby giraffe that weighs 500 pounds. How would the addition of the baby giraffe affect the mean and median?

Chose one:
• Both the mean and median increased.
• Both the mean and median decreased.
• The mean increased, but the median decreased.
• The median increased, but the mean decreased.

Answer 1

Answer: Both the mean and median decreased.

Explanation:

The addition of the 500 lb baby elephant will have a huge impact on the mean, since you'll be finding the average (adding all numbers then dividing). So the only logical answer would be the chosen. The median will most likely either decrease or stay the same, but since staying the same isn't an option for the median, it's most likely going to be decrease.

[I do apologize in advance if it's wrong, and next time try submitting work on time :)) Hope I helped!]