The boxplot below displays the average number of hot dogs consumed in eating contest across a particular state. the higher outliers are from professional, heavyweight contests, and the lower outlier is from a children’s eating contest. what effect will removing all outliers have on the mean and median of the data set?

a. neither the mean nor the median will change.

b. the median will change and the mean will increase

c. the median will change and the mean will decrease

d. the mean will remain unchanged and the median will increase.

e. the mean will remain unchanged and the median will decrease.