Five members of Terry's sorority reported the following individual earnings from their sale of raffle tickets: $3,$6,$8,$6,and $12. In this distribution,the mean is ________ the mode and ________ the median.

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The mode is the most frequently occurring value, which in this case is $6 (since two members earned $6 each). The median is the middle value when the earnings are arranged in numerical order, which is also $6 in this case.

To calculate the mean, we add up all the earnings and divide by the total number of members:

$(3+6+8+6+12) ÷ 5 = $7

Therefore, the mean is greater than both the mode and the median.

Five Members of Terry's Sorority Reported the Following Individual Earnings