Given the list of numbers {1, 6, 3, 9, 16, 11, 2, 9, 5, 7, 12, 13, 8}, what is t...
Question
Given the list of numbers {1, 6, 3, 9, 16, 11, 2, 9, 5, 7, 12, 13, 8}, what is the median?Options
A)
7
B)
8
C)
9
D)
11
E)
6
The correct answer is B.
Explanation:
Rearrange the numbers in ascending or descending order i.e 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16. The median is the middle number counting from the beginning i.e since there are 13 numbers,
Median= (13 + 1)/2 =7, the median is the 7th number = 8
Median= (13 + 1)/2 =7, the median is the 7th number = 8
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Rearrange the numbers in ascending or descending order i.e 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16. The median is the middle number counting from the beginning i.e since there are 13 numbers,
Median= (13 + 1)/2 =7, the median is the 7th number = 8