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AEvenly spaced values in a list
BSkewed income data from a city
CValues that are all prime numbers
DValues with one huge outlier
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Evenly spaced values in a list
Evenly spaced values are symmetric about their middle, so mean and median coincide.
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