Use the Following Information to Answer the Question -The Worst Tornado on Record Since 1925 Is a Tornado

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Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question. Here is a table recording the number of deaths for the top thirteen worst U.S. tornados since 1925. A histogram showing the distribution is also included. $\begin{array}{l}\begin{array} { | c | c | } \hline 689 & 268 \\\hline 454 & 150 \\\hline 102 & 181 \\\hline 208 & 114 \\\hline 142 & 115 \\\hline 271 & 110 \\\hline 315 & \\\hline\end{array}\\\end{array}$

-The worst tornado on record since 1925 is a tornado that went through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925. It killed 689 people. Suppose that when this value was entered into a
Calculator or other software a mistake was made and it was entered as 1,689. Choose the statement That describes what affect this mistake will have on the mean and median.

• A) The median and the mean will not be affected by the error. Both measures of center are resistant to extreme values.
• B) The median will not be affected by the error, but the mean will be higher than it should be.
• C) Both the median and the mean will be higher than they should be.
• D) The median will be higher than it should be, but the mean will not be affected by the error.