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Hello, Would you please help me with this?I'm confused about the "Median" of both dot Plots A & B shown in the attached imageThank you

Hello, Would you please help me with this?I'm confused about the "Median&quot-example-1
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Answer:

The median for plot A = 21

The median for plot B = 23

Step-by-step explanation:

Note that:

The number of dots on each number represents the number of times the number appears in the distribution.

The median is the middle number of a distribution.

For plot A:

21 appears 4 times

22 appears 2 times

24 appears 1 time

The distribution represented by the dotplot A is:

21, 21, 21, 21, 22, 22, 24

Since there are 7 numbers in the distribution, the 4th number is the middle number

Therefore, the median = 21

For plot B:

21 appears 1 time

22 appears 2 times

23 appears 3 times

24 appears 3 times

The distribution represented by the dotplot B is:

21, 22, 22, 23, 23, 23, 24, 24, 24

Since there are 9 numbers in the distribution, the 5th number is the middle number

Therefore, the median = 23

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