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yourbxbygirl:

Kelly raised flowers. In a competition with other flower​ growers, she earned the scores below. 8, 11, 11, 7, 9, 9, 8, 9, 10 What is the median?

Tyrion:

do uk wat a median is??

yourbxbygirl:

no-

supie:

The median is the middle number

supie:

But first you have to put the numbers in order from least to greatest

yourbxbygirl:

lol thanks

Tyrion:

ur median will be 2 numbers

supie:

no

Tyrion:

how so

supie:

if there are two middle numbers you add them up and divide it by 2

new2luv:

so you would add them together and then divided by two if it was two numbers but the median is 7

Tyrion:

interesting

supie:

@new2luv wrote:
so you would add them together and then divided by two if it was two numbers but the median is 7
how did you get 7 ??????

new2luv:

@supie wrote:
@new2luv wrote:
so you would add them together and then divided by two if it was two numbers but the median is 7
how did you get 7 ??????
isn't seven the middle number or is it two numbers

supie:

lol no you would have to order the numbers from least to greatest first then see what the middle number is

new2luv:

7,8,9,9,9,10,11,11

supie:

you're missing an 8, it would be 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10, 11, 11 i think e.e

new2luv:

@supie wrote:
you're missing an 8, it would be 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10, 11, 11 i think e.e
yes sorry so the median would be 9

Tyrion:

yuh

supie:

yes i agree o:

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