Activity 1 Pick numbers (not including zero) and compute mean, median and mode. a. Double the lowest number, how would this affect the mean, median and mode? b. Double the highest number, how would this affect the mean, median and mode?
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For simplicity, let's choose 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The mean (average) of these numbers is (1+2+3+4+5)/5 = 3. The median (middle number) is 3. The mode (most frequent number) doesn't exist in this case because all numbers appear only once. a. If we double the lowest Show more…
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