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A meteorologist preparing a talk about global warming compiled a list of weekly low temperatures (in degrees Fahrenheit) he observed at his southern Florida home last year. The coldest temperature for any week was

36F36 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { F }

, but he inadvertently recorded the Celsius value of

22 ^ { \circ }

. Assuming that he correctly listed all the other temperatures, explain how this error will affect these summary statistics: measures of center: mean and median.

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The mean temperature will be lower. The median temperature will not change, Since the incorrect temperature is still the lowest temperature, and the median is based only on position.

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