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Either can be used for symmetrical distributions. For skewed data, the median may be more a appropriate measure of the central tendency - the "average".

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A polynomial of degree zero is a constant term

The grouping method of factoring can still be used when only some of the terms share a common factor A True B False

The sum or difference of p and q is the of the x-term in the trinomial

A number a power of a variable or a product of the two is a monomial while a polynomial is the of monomials

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