Answer:
The mean will increase more than the median, but both will increase.
[third option listed]
Step-by-step explanation:
the <em>median </em>of a data set is the number in the middle [when listed from lowest to highest in value]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
is the current median
let's consider what adding 12 would mean--it would mean that we move the median slightly higher [further along in the data set] because there are more numbers (but let's try this out to confirm:)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 13
[if a median placement is shared between two numbers, the mean/average of those two numbers is taken, and that is considered to be the median]
so, 7.5 is the current median
(this is an increase of 0.5)
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the <em>mean</em> of a data set is what we commonly refer to as the "average"
[you find this value by adding all of the numbers in the data set together and dividing by the number of terms in the data set]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
mean of original data set:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 [= 91]
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13
[91 ÷ 13 = 7]
because our number is <em>greater </em>than our original mean [12 > 7], we know that the mean must increase:
[91 + 12 = 103]
[103 ÷ 14 ≈ 9.36]
[we had an increase of 2.36]
so, median increased by 0.5, mean increased by 2.36
so, both values increased, whilst the mean increased by <em>more </em>than the median [as to be expected]
you could also express this as "The mean will increase more than the median, but both will increase." [third option listed]
hope this helps!! :)
