ANSWER FOR BRAINLIEST: Ben's scores on his tests this semester are: 42, 70, 74, 77, and 76.

What is the best measure to describe the center of Ben's scores?

A. Mean, because the outlier skews the median.

B. Median, because the outlier skews the mean.

C. Mean, because there is no outlier.

D. Range, because it measures the spread.

B=median, because the outlier skews the mean

the answer is:

the correct option:

b.

to solve the problem, we need to remember how to operate to simplify exponential expressions using the logarithms.

we are given the equation:

then, using placing logarith with base 7 on both sides of the equation, we have:

so, rounding the obtained result to two decimal places (nearest hundreth), we have:

hence, we have that the correct option:

b.

have a nice day!