The Boom company has recently decided to raise the salaries of all employees by 10%. Which of the following is (are) expected to be affected by this raise?
A) Mean and mode only
B) Mean and median only
C) Mode and median only
D) Mean, median, and mode

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Raising the salaries of all employees by 10% will affect the mean (average salary), the median (middle salary), and potentially the mode (most common salary), depending on the distribution of salaries before the raise. All three measures of central tendency are likely to increase with a uniform salary raise.

The Boom Company Has Recently Decided to Raise the Salaries