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Revision as of 09:22, 16 December 2015
Billy's basketball team scored the following points over the course of the first 11 games of the season:
![\[42, 47, 53, 53, 58, 58, 58, 61, 64, 65, 73\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/4/c/2/4c24d4c07e2a72cf04fa5c16f6d7ec90faad13b5.png)
If his team scores 40 in the 12th game, which of the following statistics will show an increase?
Solution
When they score a 
on the next game, the range increases from 
to 
. This means the 
increased.
Solution 2
Because is less than the score of every game they've played so far, the measures of center will never rise. Only measures of spread, such as the 
, may increase.
See Also
| 2015 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 4 |
Followed by Problem 6 | |
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