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Statistics · Easy problem

Five houses on a street recently sold for these prices (in thousands of dollars): 200,210,205,195,900200, 210, 205, 195, 900. The $900,000\$900{,}000 sale was a huge historic mansion, much bigger than any other house. Which measure, the mean or the median, better describes the typical sale price on this street?