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The numbers of students in the 10 schools in a district are given below.(Note that these are already ordered from least to greatest.)210, 216, 270, 307, 322, 324, 349, 371, 424, 437Suppose that the number 210 from this list changes to 340. Answer the following.(a)   What happens to the median? It decreases by.It increases by.It stays the same.(b)   What happens to the mean? It decreases by.It increases by.It stays the same.

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The numbers of students in the 10 schools in a district are given below.(Note that these are already ordered from least to greatest.)210, 216, 270, 307, 322, 324, 349, 371, 424, 437Suppose that the number 210 from this list changes to 340. Answer the following.(a)   What happens to the median? It decreases by.It increases by.It stays the same.(b)   What happens to the mean? It decreases by.It increases by.It stays the same.

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(a) The median: The median is the middle number in an ordered set of numbers. In this case, with 10 schools, the median is the average of the 5th and 6th numbers. Initially, the median is (322+324)/2 = 323. After the change, the median becomes (322+324)/2 = 323. So, the median stays the same.

(b) The mean: The mean is the sum of all numbers divided by the count of numbers. Initially, the sum of all numbers is 3230 and the mean is 3230/10 = 323. After the change, the sum becomes 3360 and the mean becomes 3360/10 = 336. So, the mean increases by 336 - 323 = 13.

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