The stem-and-leaf plot below shows the miles Micah drove each day during the past two weeks. What is the median of the data?

A stem and leaf plot has the stems one, two, and three. The stem one has leaves seven, seven, seven and nine. The stem two has leaves four, six, eight, eight, and nine. The stem three has the leaves zero, four, four, five, and six.

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The stem-and-leaf plot below shows the miles Micah drove each day during the past two weeks. What is the median of the data?

A stem and leaf plot has the stems one, two, and three. The stem one has leaves seven, seven, seven and nine. The stem two has leaves four, six, eight, eight, and nine. The stem three has the leaves zero, four, four, five, and six.

amistre64 · Answer

how many leaves are there altogether?

anonymous · Answer

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amistre64 · Answer

... and how many total leaves are in that ?

anonymous · Answer

14?

amistre64 · Answer

i think i see 14 as well; the median is the middle value then:

14/2 = 7  which tells me that we will average the 7th and 8th leaves

amistre64 · Answer

we are in luck, they are the same value :)

amistre64 · Answer

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