Loren’s friends jump as far as they can and record their results in inches. Their results include the observations 42, 47, 50, 42, 45, 41, 49, 51, and 44. Which number, if added to the dataset, would represent an outlier in the data?

Question

Responses

A. 40
B. 52
C. 44
D. 72

Answer 1

D. 72

An outlier in a dataset is a value that is significantly higher or lower than the rest of the data. In this case, the numbers in the dataset are relatively close together (ranging from 41 to 51), so adding 72 to the dataset would be considered an outlier.