Question

teams competed in a trivia contest. the table shows the scores each team earned in a round of the contest. trivia scores round 1 2 3 4 5 team ajaxs score 51 49 49 71 49 team lightnings score 49 53 50 51 54 which is the best explanation for why team ajaxs mean score was higher than team lightnings mean score? the range of team ajaxs scores was less than the range of team lightnings scores. team lightning had one very low score. in round 1, team ajaxs score was higher than team lightnings score. team ajax received the same score in three rounds. the median of team ajaxs scores was higher than the median of team lightnings scores. team ajax had one very high score.

Explanation:

The mean is the sum of all values divided by the number of values. Team Ajax has a score of 71 which is much higher than most of Team Lightning's scores and higher than any of Team Lightning's scores. This high - value score for Team Ajax increases their overall sum and thus their mean. Other factors like range, median, or scores in a single round are not the main reasons for the difference in means.

Answer:

Team Ajax had one very high score.