Question

Find the median of:

63, 17, 50, 9, 25, 43, 21, 50, 14 and 34

Answer 1

 Firstly arrange the numbers in ascending order

9, 14. 17, 21, 25, 34, 43, 50, 50, 63

Now since n = 10( even )

Median =`1/2 [ "value  of"( n / 2 )^"th" "term" + "value  of"  ((n)/(2) + 1)^"th" "term" ]`

=`1/2 [ "value  of"( 10 / 2 )^"th" "term" + "value  of"  (( 10 )/(2)   + 1)^"th" "term" ]`

= `1/2 [ 25 + 34 ]`

= `1/2 [ 59 ]`

= 29.5

Thus the median is 29.5.