In a mathematics class, half of the students scored 87 on an achievement test. With the exception of a few students who scored 52, the remaining students scored 71. Which of the following statements is true about the distribution of scores?

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Answer:the mean is greater than the median

Step-by-step explanation:

The mean is less than the median. Then the correct option is A.

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Statistics is the study of collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data or to discipline to collect, and summarise the data.

Half the students scored 87.  

The next highest score is 71.

Then the median will be

(71+ 87) / 2 = 79

A few students scored 52, so the mean is slightly lower than the mean of 71 and 87.

Thus, the mean is less than the median.

Then the correct option is A.

The missing options are given below.

A. The mean is less than the median.

B. The mean and the median is the same.

C. The mean is greater than the mode.

D. The mean is greater than the median.

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