Question

The number of hours per week that the television is turned on is determined for each family in a sample. The mean of the data is 35 hours and the median is 31.2hours. Twenty-four of the families in the sample turned on the television for 20 hours or less for the week. The 6th percentile of the data is 20 hours.Step 4 of 5: What is the value of the 50th percentile?

Answer 1

31.2 hours

Explanation:

Given:

• The mean of the data = 35 hours

,

• The median of the data = 31.2 hours

The median is the value in the middle of the data set.

Similarly, the 50th percentile of a data set is the value in the middle.

Therefore, the value of the 50th percentile is 31.2 hours.