Question

polly trains her dogs, bingo and rudy, to participate in agility competitions. this table show the dogs scores at their first five competitions. agility scores bingo 158 161 165 166 164 rudy 165 125 163 165 168 bingos mean score is higher than rudys mean score. which is the best explanation for why that is the case? the range of bingos scores is larger than the range of rudys scores. rudy had one very low score. rudy earned identical scores in two competitions. bingo had one very high score.

Explanation:

The mean is the sum of all values divided by the number of values. Rudy's score of 125 is much lower than his other scores and lowers his overall mean. Bingo's scores are more consistent and lack such a low - outlier.

Answer:

Rudy had one very low score.