The data is already in ascending order of magnitude.
36, 40, 42, 48, 52
If we remove 42, we will be left with;
36, 40, 48, 52
median = (40 + 48)/2
= 88/2
= 44.
So, the solution is: 42 need to be removed for the median to be 44
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