Mathematics

Kiley Blair

8 December, 02:04

Brandon works at a small petting zoo with 888 animals. He was looking at some data showing the masses of the animals. Each animal had a different mass between 222 and 160/,/text{kg}160kg160, start text, k, g, end text. The zoo then buys a horse that weighs 900/,/text{kg}900kg900, start text, k, g, end text as their 9^{/text{th}}9 th 9, start superscript, start text, t, h, end text, end superscript animal. [Show data] 22 33 55 77 2727 3636 4545 160160 900900 How does buying the horse affect the mean and median? Choose 1 answer: Choose 1 answer: (Choice A) A Both the mean and median will increase, but the median will increase by more than the mean. (Choice B) B Both the mean and median will increase, but the mean will increase by more than the median. (Choice C) C Both the mean and median will decrease, but the median will decrease by more than the mean. (Choice D) D Both the mean and median will decrease, but the mean will decrease by more than the median.