Question

Terry has been a returning contestant on a game show for the last seven weeks. In a contestant's first seven appearances on the show they have a chance to answer one question and win anywhere between $200-$900. On their eighth appearance they get a chance to answer a question worth $10,000. Given Terry's winnings in the following table, describe what would happen to the mean and median of the data set if she were to get the Week 8 question right.

Answer 1

The mean would jump from $550 to $5550.

The median would jump from $550 to $5275.

Answer 2

Answer:

the actual answer to this question is C). The mean increases by $1,186.25, ht median increases by 79$.