An outlier is a data point that is significantly different from the rest of the data. In this case, the dataset is 42, 47, 50, 42, 45, 41, 49, 51, 44.
If we add the number 72 to the dataset, it would be significantly higher than the other numbers and would likely be considered an outlier.
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? (1 point)
○ 40
O 44
○ 52
○ 72
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