The complete question is:
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?
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.
Statistics exist in the analysis of collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data or into discipline to collect and summarize the data.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A. The mean is less than the median.
<h3>What are statistics?</h3>
Statistics exist in the analysis of collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data or into discipline to collect and summarize the data.
Half the students scored 87.
The next highest score exists at 71.
Then the median will be (71+ 87) / 2 = 79
A few students scored 52, so the mean exists a little lower than the mean of 71 and 87.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A. The mean is less than the median.
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. (Integration along the 
axis would be way easier, but whatever)