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Question 1 • Algebra: Concepts and Connections

The data set represents the number of miles Mary jogged each day for the past nine days. 6, 7, 5, 0, 6, 12, 8, 6, 9 What is the outlier of the data?

Answer
A
6
B
12
C
7
D
0

Explanation

Put the values in order: 0, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12. The middle half of the data runs from about 5.5 to 8.5, so 0 is much farther from the rest of the values than the others. Therefore, the outlier is 0 miles.

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