The data represents the mpg for vehicles manufactured by a company in the past 5 years. Find the median of the data. Data: 28.7, 25.5, 21.8, 21.6, 20.5, 16.7, 16.3, 15.4, 13.9.
A. 20.5
B. 13.9
C. 21.6
D. 20.8

Question

The data represents the mpg for vehicles manufactured by a company in the past 5 years. Find the median of the data. Data: 28.7, 25.5, 21.8, 21.6, 20.5, 16.7, 16.3, 15.4, 13.9.
	A.	20.5
	B.	13.9
	C.	21.6
	D.	20.8

anonymous · Answer

Lol you can plug it into a spreadsheet and order it from smallest to greatest.  Then look at what the middle number (5th) is.

campbell_st · Answer

the answer is A... (n+1)/2   gives the position of the median. In your question its 

(9+1)/2 = 5 So the 5th score is the median