Question

A biologist wants to estimate the median width of over 200 oak trees in a forest. Ten trees were selected at random, and their widths, in centimeters, were recorded.

63, 59, 12, 43, 71, 35, 28, 52, 47, 26

What is the estimated median width of all oak trees in the forest?

Answer 1

i think 9

Answer 2

anyone else??

Answer 3

put the numbers into order then slect the number in the direct middle
middle=median

Answer 4

i did that @acxbox22

Answer 5

and i found the middle, which was 43 and 47

Answer 6

i added 43 and 47 and divided it by 10 and got 9, am i right?? @inowalst @iambatman @iknowplaces13 @leonardo0430 @breelovee

Answer 7

@acxbox22

Answer 8

no, what you just did was find the mean, to find the median you must first rearange the numbers from smallest to largest, then count how many numbers there are, there are 10 numbers in total, the number in the middle would be.........................

Answer 9

43 and 47

Answer 10

there is no exact middle

Answer 11

dont u have to add them both and divide it by the number of numbers which is 10

Answer 12

and then get 9 as a result

Answer 13

why 9 and not 10?

Answer 14

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1CALEAA_enUS631US631&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on#q=what%20is%20the%20median&safe=active&ssui=on

Answer 15

oh in that case yes you are correct :)

Answer 16

okay, thx