Question

What is the median of this data set?

186, 124, 149, 177, 130, 141, 131, 130
i put the in order aDDED THE TWO MIDDLE ONES AND DIVIDED BY TWO I GET 76 BUT ITS NOT THAT WHAT AM i DOING WRONG?

Answer 1

have you rearranged them in ascending order before taking the average of the middle ones?

Answer 2

well, the average of 2 numbers that are greater than 100 will definantly NOT be less than 100

Answer 3

yes wait biggest to smallest not smallest to biggest?

Answer 4

it doesnt matter...you just take the middle

Answer 5

doesnt matter, the middle numbers are the same ragardless

Answer 6

wel the n i did that , 131 and 141 were the ones i added

Answer 7

which 2 numbers did you use?

Answer 8

add em up

Answer 9

136 rigth

Answer 10

i would assume that the problem was a syntax problem (if you used calculator) or misdivision

Answer 11

yes sorry thanks

Answer 12

131
+141
------
272

Answer 13

yes divided by 2 thank u

Answer 14

right, divided by 2

Answer 15

136 would seem good to me