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A child says that the median of 3, 14, 18, 20, 5 is 18. What doesn’t the child understand about finding the median? - Mathematics

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A child says that the median of 3, 14, 18, 20, 5 is 18. What doesn’t the child understand about finding the median?

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The child does not understand, that data has to be arranged in ascending or descending order before finding the median.

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Chapter 14: Statistics & Probability - Exercise 14.2 [Page 137]

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics [English] Class 9
Chapter 14 Statistics & Probability
Exercise 14.2 | Q 3. | Page 137

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