The monthly rents for five apartments advertised in a newspaper were $650, $650, $760, $1550, and $840. Use the mean, median, and mode of the rents to answer the question. Which value gives the rent that was advertised most often?

mean = $890, median = $760, mode = $650

A The rent advertised most often is the median, $760.

B The rent advertised most often is the mode, $650.

C The rent advertised most often is the mean, $890.

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Hillary

30 January, 04:45

The monthly rents for five apartments advertised in a newspaper were $650, $650, $760, $1550, and $840. Use the mean, median, and mode of the rents to answer the question. Which value gives the rent that was advertised most often?

mean = $890, median = $760, mode = $650

A The rent advertised most often is the median, $760.

B The rent advertised most often is the mode, $650.

C The rent advertised most often is the mean, $890.

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Benton · Answer 1

Your answer is B. This is because the mode is the number that is repeated the most amount of times. In this data set, $650 is repeated while the other numbers are only said once.