CDC Funding. The following table contains the funding provided by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to all the states in New England, in order to fight HIV/AIDS. Use the data for Exercises 1–3.

State Funding ($ millions)
Connecticut 7.8
Maine 1.9
Massachusetts 14.9
New Hampshire 1.5
Rhode Island 2.7
Vermont 1.6
Table 3.106: CDC funding to fight HIV/AIDS for New England states
Table 3.106: Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/stateprofiles/usmap.htm.

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3. Suppose we added California, with $62.1 million in funding, to the data set. Recompute the mean and the median. Which is more affected by the presence of California? What can we say about each of the mean and the median, with respect to extreme values?

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Mean = $13.21 million, Median = $2.7 million. The mean. The mean is affected by extreme values more than the median is.