Natural gas consumptions (in billions of cubic feet) for selected countries in South America are listed in the following table ("International energy statistics," 2013).

1629

87

885

199

312

8

202

961

Discuss what happened to the mean and median when the highest data value (1629) is removed.

Select one:

a.Both mean and median decrease.

b.Mean increases, median decreases.

c.Both mean and median increase.

d.Mean decreases, median increases.