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A city planner measured 8 streets in ashland and recorded the foollowing widths: 54feet 51feet 47feet 51feet 63feet 59feet 58feet What was the median street width?

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Answer:

54 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the median, we 1st of all need to arrange the measurements in ascending order;

47feet, 51feet, 51feet, 54feet, 58feet, 59feet, 63feet.

The median is the middle number, so we can see from our set of data above that the middle number is 54feet.

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