How can outliers skew our average for a set of data? Can we draw a definite conclusion from the measure of center if there are outliers?

Suppose there is a simple index of three stocks, stock abc, stock xyz, and stock qrs. stock abc opens on day 1 with 4000 shares at $3.15 per share. stock xyz opens on day 1 with 5000 shares at $4.30 per share. stock qrs opens on day 1 with 6000 shares at $4.60 per share. the price of stock abc on day 8 begins at $3.50. the price of stock xyz on day 8 begins at $3.90. stock qrs opens on day 8 with a price of $4.50 per share. assume that each stock has the same number of shares that it opened with on day 1. what is the rate of change of this simple index over 1 week?

Your client has saved $1,860 for a down payment on a house. a government loan program requires a down payment equal to 3% of the loan amount. what is the largest loan amount that your client could receive with this program

Dean and karlene get paid to write songs. dean is paid a one-time fee of $20 plus $80 per day. karlene is paid a one-time fee of $25 plus $100 per day. write an expression to represent how much a producer will pay to hire both to work the same number of days on a song.