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If you have a set of 11 numbers, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 and you multiply each number in the set by three, what will happen to the median? It will have 3 added to it It will have 6 added to it It will become 3 times the old median It will increase by 6 times the old median It will decrease by 3

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Carlos Rodriguez <carlos@math.albany.edu>

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Last modified: Wed May 13 12:29:11 EDT 1998