Chucky grabbed 12 items in the grocery store that
each had a different price and had a mean cost of
about $7.41. One of the items was an entire wheel
of cheese that cost $39.99. Show data
Chucky then decided to put the wheel of cheese
back and only buy the other 11 items.
How will removing the wheel of cheese affect
the mean and median?
Choose 1
A
Both the mean and median will decrease, but
the median will decrease by more than the
mean.
Both the mean and median will decrease, but
the mean will decrease by more than the
median.
Both the mean and median will increase, but the
median will increase by more than the mean.
O
Both the mean and median will increase, but the
mean will increase by more than the median.