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Problem-Solving and Data Analysis / One-variable data: Distributions and measures of center and spread Difficulty: Easy

For a school fund-raiser, 10 students sold a total of 90 boxes of cookies. Which of the following can be calculated from this information?

The average number of boxes sold per student

The median number of boxes sold per student

The greatest number of boxes sold by one student

The least number of boxes sold by one student

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Explanation

Choice A is correct. The average can be found by dividing the total number of boxes sold by the number of students, which is $the fraction 90 over 10, equals 9$ .

Choices B, C, and D are incorrect. Each results from choosing measures that require the results of individual students, which are not given.