Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 15 - Section 15.6 - Other Average Measurements and Percentiles. - Exercise - Page 518: 15

Answer

28985 mi

Work Step by Step

Write the list in sorted order and find the item(s) in the center of the list. $21612\ mi, 25740\ mi, \underset\uparrow25810\ mi, \underset\uparrow32160\ mi, 35424\ mi, 41005\ mi$ Since this set contains an even number of items, find the mean of the 2 center items to determine the median. $\frac{25810+32160}{2}=\frac{57970}{2}=28985$
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