Question

What is the median of the following data set -1000, -999, 1998, ..., -1, 0, 1, ..., 998, 999, 1000

A. 1000
B. 1
C. 0
D. 2000

Answer 1

C) 0

Explanation:

Median is the middle value of a data set which divides it into to halves.

So then 0 will the middle value which is the median for this data set.

0 is the in the middle.

Answer 2

The correct answer option is C. 0.

Explanation:

We are given the following data set and we are to find its median value:

`- 1 0 0 0 , - 9 9 9 , 1 9 9 8 , ... , -1 , 0 , 1 , ... , 9 9 8 , 9 9 9 , 1 0 0 0`

Median is the middle value of a data set which divides it into to halves.

The data set we have starts from -1000 and goes till 1000 which means there are total 2001 elements in it.

Therefore, 0 will the middle value which is the median for this data set.