Liam works at a zoo. He was looking at some data showing the masses of their 5 African elephants. The mean mass of the elephants was 3800 Kg and the median mass was 3600 Kg. The smallest elephant, named Lola, weighed 2700 Kg. Lola then got very sick and lost weight until her mass reached 1800 Kg. How will Lola's mass decreasing affect the mean and median?

A. Both the mean and median will decrease

B. The median will decrease, and the mean will stay the same.

C. The mean will decrease, and the median will stay the same.

D. The mean will decrease, and the median will increase.

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Mathematics

Ashleigh Swanson

11 October, 19:53

Liam works at a zoo. He was looking at some data showing the masses of their 5 African elephants. The mean mass of the elephants was 3800 Kg and the median mass was 3600 Kg. The smallest elephant, named Lola, weighed 2700 Kg. Lola then got very sick and lost weight until her mass reached 1800 Kg. How will Lola's mass decreasing affect the mean and median?

A. Both the mean and median will decrease

B. The median will decrease, and the mean will stay the same.

C. The mean will decrease, and the median will stay the same.

D. The mean will decrease, and the median will increase.

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Frederick Clark · Answer 1

The answer is d

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I apologize

Sage Cohen · Answer 2

We have to remember that the mean will increase or decrease because you add all number to get it. The median is the middle number.

3600kg is the median, it will not change. So the mean will decrease due to the loss of weight.