2015 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 5
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Problem
Billy's basketball team scored the following points over the course of the first games of the season. If his team scores
in the
game, which of the following statistics will show an increase?
Solutions
Solution 1
When they score a on the next game, the range increases from
to
. This means the
increased.
Solution 2
Because is less than the score of every game they've played so far, the measures of center will never rise. Only measures of spread, such as the
, may increase.
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