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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the median of the data set? {23, 19, 20, 17, 22, 15, 25, 18, 17, 18, 24, 21}

OpenStudy (anonymous):

plz help

OpenStudy (xmissalycatx):

Hey there! Do me a favor and put these in order from least to greatest.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

15,17,17,118,18,19,21,22,23,24,25

OpenStudy (xmissalycatx):

there's also 20 that you forgot..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

wait what

OpenStudy (xmissalycatx):

You forgot 20. That was in the set of numbers as well..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i see it now sorry

OpenStudy (xmissalycatx):

15, 17, 17, 18, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

OpenStudy (anonymous):

true

OpenStudy (xmissalycatx):

Okay, now what you want to do next is find the very center of the set of numbers. Tell me which number(s) would be in the center. (Median means middle/center)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

by the way like your user name

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i think its 20

OpenStudy (xmissalycatx):

No. 19 and 20 are both in the center. Since it is both 19 and 20, you CANNOT have 2 numbers as your median, so you need to find the middle of 19 and 20. (Which is 19.5). So 19.5 is it..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yep

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