I gave a quiz to 112 students and determined the median scor

I gave a quiz to 112 students and determined the median score. After grading the quiz, I realized that the 10 students with the highest scores did exceptionally well. I decided to award these 10 students a bonus of 5 more points each. The median of the new score distribution will be _________ that of the original score distribution.

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the same as

The median divides the lowest half (56 people) with the highest half (56 people). If you reward the top with points they will still be in the top half. So the median does not change. The mean changes instead

I gave a quiz to 112 students and determined the median score. After grading the quiz, I realized that the 10 students with the highest scores did exceptionally

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