Here again is the histogram showing the distribution of times, in minutes, requi

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Here again is the histogram showing the distribution of times, in minutes, required for 25 rats in an animal behavior experiment to navigate a maze successfully. Assume that the largest observation in this dataset is 8.6 minutes. If this observation were wrongly recorded as 86, then: Both the mean and the median will not change. Both the mean and the median will change. The mean will stay the same, but the median will change. The mean will increase, but the median won't change. The mean will decrease, but the median won't change.

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Option D is Correct. The mean will increase but the median won't change because sum of all observations wil be greater, so mean will be higher but the median will not change

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