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Question
From the following data, find:
Median
25, 10, 40, 88, 45, 60, 77, 36, 18, 95, 56, 65, 7, 0, 38 and 83
Solution
Arrange in ascending order:
0, 7, 10, 18, 25, 36, 38, 40, 45, 56, 60, 65, 77, 83, 88, 95
Median is the mean of 8th and 9th term
= `(40 + 45)/2`
= `85/2`
= 42.5
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