Algebra 1 : How to find median

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Example Question #21 : How To Find Median

What is the median?

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To find median, we need to find the middle number in the set. There are five numbers, so the middle number is basically third in the set. That number is 

Example Question #22 : How To Find Median

What is the median?

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To find median, we should arrrange the numbers in increasing order. That would be . Next, since there are five numbers, the middle number is the third. That value is 

Example Question #223 : Statistics And Probability

What is the median?

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To find median, we count the numbers in the set. There are six. Since six is an even number, we go to the two middle numbers which are  and . We average the two numbers to get 

Example Question #24 : How To Find Median

What is the median?

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To find median, we count the numbers in the set. There are six. Since six is an even number, we go to the two middle numbers which are  and . We average the two numbers to get 

Example Question #31 : Basic Statistics

What is the median?

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To find median, we must arrange the numbers in increasing order. The larger the negative value, the smaller it is. We get .Then, we count the numbers in the set. There are six. Since six is an even number, we go to the two middle numbers which are  and . We average the two numbers to get 

Example Question #11 : Median

What is the median?

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To find median, we must arrange the numbers in increasing order. The larger the negative value, the smaller it is. We get .Then, we count the numbers in the set. There are seven. The middle number is 

Example Question #225 : Statistics And Probability

If the median must be a value below , what could be a possible value of ?

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To ensure the median is below , we need to arrange so that  is the middle. So we have . The only value below  is 

Example Question #26 : How To Find Median

If the median is between  and  inclusive, what value of  can it NOT be?

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To find median, let's arrange the numebers in increasing order so that we can get a median between  and  inclusive. We have . This works best since  when added to a value and averaged will fall in our target interval. The equation to find the median for an even set will be  or . The reason for this is to find the minimum and maximum value of . For the first equation, we cross multiply and get  or . The second equation we get  or . The value that's not in this range is 

Example Question #23 : How To Find Median

If the average of two numbers is , what is the median of the two numbers?

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Impossible to tell

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When finding median of even numbers in the set, you take the average of the two middle numbers to find median. Since  is an even number and we know the average, that value is the same as the median. Answer is 

Example Question #232 : Statistics And Probability

What is the median price of the cars?

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If we count the total number of cars, we get . The middle number is . When going in order from smallest to largest, number  falls in the  category so that's the answer. 

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