Question

The weights (in kg) of 10 students of a class are given below:

21, 28.5, 20.5, 24, 25.5, 22, 27.5, 28, 21 and 24.

Find the median of their weights. 

Answer 1

Arranging the given data in descending order:

28.5, 28, 27.5, 25.5, 24, 24, 22, 21, 21, 20.5

The middle terms are 24 and 24, 5^th and 6^th terms

∴ Median = `(24 + 24)/2`

= `48/2`

= 24