The weekly salaries (in dollars) for 10 employees of a small business are given below. (Note that these are already ordered from least to greatest.) \[ 596,605,683,755,760,812,840,858,866,975 \] Send data to calculator Suppose that the \( \$ 596 \) salary changes to \( \$ 836 \). Answer the following. \begin{tabular}{|l|l|} \hline (a) What happens to the median? & \( \bigcirc \) It decreases by \( \$ \square \). \\ & \( \bigcirc \) It increases by \( \$ \square \). \\ & It stays the same. \\ \hline (b) What happens to the mean? & It decreases by \( \$ \square \). \\ & \( \bigcirc \) It increases by \( \$ \square \). \\ & It stays the same. \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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- The original salaries are: \( 596, 605, 683, 755, 760, 812, 840, 858, 866, 975 \). - Since there are 10 numbers, the median is the average of the 5th and 6th numbers: \( \frac{760 + 812}{2} = 786 \). Show more…
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