6. Melanie ran the 400-meter dash six times during track practice. Her times are shown in the table to the left. If she drops her slowest time, which
measure of center is affected the most, mean or median? Explain.

The table on the left
400-Meter Dash
Attempt Time (s)
1 63.5
2 67.9
3 64.3
4 63.6
5 65.4
6 64.7

2nd question
Directions: Determine which measure of center best represents the data.
Justify your selection, then find the measure of center.

The number of wins by a hockey team in the last 8 years: {56, 45, 26, 48, 54,
52, 49, 38} Mean or median or mode