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Find the mean and median for this set of data.

254, 345, 232, 278, 397, 198

User Arcath
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254254 , 345345 , 232232 , 278278 , 397397 , 198198Arrange the terms in ascending order.198,232,254,278,345,397198,232,254,278,345,397The median is the middle term in the arranged data set. In the case of an even number of terms, the median is the average of the two middle terms.
254+278
2
254+2782

Remove parentheses.
254+278
2
254+2782

Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.

127+139
127+139

Add 127127 and 139139 to get 266266.
266266

Convert the median 266266 to decimal.266
User Fabio Zadrozny
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(254+45+232+278+397+198)/(6) = (1704)/(6) =284 mean

(254+278)/(2) = (532)/(2) =266 median

hope this helps
User OhMad
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