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Here we go another question Probability In data tables arief

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is a basketball coach At practice Today he measured the

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height in inches of each player on his basketball team

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The measurements are shown below however to players did not

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show up to practice today What is the maximum number

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of inches by which the medium height could change once

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he adds the two missing players to the data All

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right so interesting Here is the data table in sixty

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All the way through eighty thirteen players have already had

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their heights measured The medium height of these thirteen players

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is seventy two inches because while seventy two is the

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middle number yet six feet tall well the two missing

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players could have any height They could be the two

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shortest players on the team to tallest players on the

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team or anywhere in between Note that extreme values affect

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the median the most so let's Suppose the two missing

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players are both fifty nine inches tall In that case

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the middle number ships one place to the left to

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seventy one inches Now let's see what would happen if

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the two missing players were both eighty one inches tall

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or the media and then shift one place to the

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right this time to seventy five inches eh But larger

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of these two changes was from seventy two to seventy

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five for a change of three inches At most the

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two missing players could change the median by three inches 00:01:18.164 --> [endTime] so the answer is c booth

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