Mathematics

Taylor Ferrell

5 April, 00:45

A teacher wants to find out the average number of weekly reading hours of her students. She noted the number of reading hours of 5 of her students, as shown below:

8, 6, 5, 7, 4

Which measure of central tendency is most appropriate for this situation and what is its value?

Only the median; 6

Only the mean; 5

Either the mean or median; both are 6

Either the mean or median; both are 5