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A state trooper kept track of the number of speeding tickets he gave out each week over the course of seven weeks. He recorded the following number of tickets each week as: 38, 33, 51, 44, 57, 38, 40. Which of the following statements is true? Explain your answer.
A) The variability of the data is shown by the mean, which is 43.
B) The center of the data is shown by the mean, which is 43.
C) The variability of the data is shown by the mean, which is 38.
D) The center of the data is shown by the mean, which is 38.
B) The center of the data is shown by the mean, which is 43. Explanation: Center of data is shown by mean, median, and mode. Variability of data is shown by range. The mean of this data set is 43.