Paul summarized the final scores of his baseball team's games for the season, but the results were affected by a few extreme scores.This was because he used the:

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The mean is affected by extreme scores or outliers, which can skew the results. In this case, since the results were affected by extreme scores, using the mean would not provide an accurate representation of the overall scores of the team for the season. The mode and median may be more appropriate measures of central tendency in this scenario as they are not as sensitive to outliers. However, since the question specifically asks about the measure that was affected by extreme scores, the correct answer is C)mean.

Paul Summarized the Final Scores of His Baseball Team's Games