In the following data set {7, 5, 0, 2, 7, 15, 5, 2, 7, 18, 7, 3, 0}, the value 7 is:
A)the mean.
B)the mode.
C)both the mode and median.
D)both the mean and mode.

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The mode is the value that appears most frequently in the data set. In this case, the value 7 appears 3 times, which is more than any other value. Therefore, 7 is the mode of the data set. It is not the mean or median, as the mean is the average of all the values and the median is the middle value when the data set is ordered.

In the Following Data Set {7, 5, 0, 2, 7