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Word Problems: When to Use Mean, Median, and Mode

By Taylor Evans
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Bar graph of Closet Items Sorted by Size. There are six items of size 6, eight items of size 8, twelve items of size 10, and three items of size 12.

You're selling unwanted clothes from your closet. A potential customer asks you what is your most common size so she can get an idea of how your clothes will fit.

Which method of central tendency would you use, and what is its value based on the given bar graph?

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Type a concept, like “slope” or “photosynthesis”.

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