Maria has the following scores on exams and her social studies class 8675-97 58 94 and 58 find the mean and median and mode of the scores and should Maria social studies teacher use the main median or mode of the exam scores to convince Maria that she needs to study more regularly for her exams

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To find the mean of the scores, we add them up and divide by the total number of scores:

8675 + 97 + 58 + 94 + 58 = 9382

9382/5 = 1876.4

So the mean score is 1876.4.

To find the median score, we first need to put the numbers in order from smallest to largest:

58, 58, 94, 97, 8675

There are five scores, so the median is the middle score. In this case, the middle score is 94.

To find the mode, we look for the score that appears most frequently. In this case, both 58 and 94 appear twice, so there are two modes: 58 and 94.

Maria's social studies teacher should use the mean score to convince Maria that she needs to study more regularly for her exams. This is because the mean takes into account all of the scores and gives an overall average. The median and mode may be affected by outliers (such as Maria's very high score of 8675), which could skew the data. The mean gives a more accurate representation of Maria's overall performance.