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Find the median of the data in the box plot below.

cm

Amount of rain in Vietnam cities

(centimeters)

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4 5 6 7 8 9 10

0 1 2 3

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Answer:

The median is 5cm.

Explanation:

Median is one of the 3 famous measures of central tendency.

The others are: mean & mode.

A median is the middle figure in an array of figures which are lined up from lowest value to highest value.

Here, the variable we're working with is Amount of rainfall in Vietnam cities (in centimeters).

The data shows 4cm, 5cm, 6cm, 7cm, 8cm, 9cm, 10cm, 0cm, 1cm, 2cm, 3cm

We start by arranging them in order of value; from lowest to highest:

0cm, 1cm, 2cm, 3cm, 4cm, 5cm, 6cm, 7cm, 8cm, 9cm, 10cm

There are 11 values in total.

Since 11 is an odd number, it is easy to find the median in this set of values.

Five values to the left and five values to the right; the median is 5cm!

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