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: 9

Answer

4.17

Work Step by Step

Write the list in sorted order and find the item(s) in the center of the list. $1.08, 1.69, 1.86, 2.38, 2.83, 2.83, 3.68, 3.68, \underset\uparrow4.17, \underset\uparrow4.17, 4,17, 4.73, 6.18, 6.32, 7.13, 7.71, 8.29, 9.62$ Since this set contains an even number of items, you would normally find the mean of the 2 center items to determine the median. In the case, the two center items have the same value, so that value is the median.
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