Question

There were seven serving lines at the

annual pancake breakfast. The total
number of people served at each of
the seven lines were 126, 118, 127, 134,
98, 132, and 121. What was the median
number of people served?

Answer 1

Answer: 126 is the median number of people served.

Explanation:

The median is found by arranging the data points in a set from lowest to greatest. Once this is done, if there are an odd number of data points, simply find the number in the middle. If there is an even number, find the average of the two middle numbers. Here, you would arrange the numbers as such, 98,118,121,126,127,132,134. Once this is done, since there are seven lines (an odd number of data points, therefore), figure out which number is in the middle, and here it is 126. Hence, the median is 126 (people)

Answer 2

Answer: 126

Step-by-step explanation: Given that the median is the middle number in a sorted, ascending, or descending list of numbers and can be more descriptive of that data set than the average. We know that we need to put the numbers in order from greatest to least or least to greatest first.

Step 1: Ordering the numbers (from least to greatest)

98,118,121,126,127,132,134

Step 2: Finding the value in the middle

98,118,121, 126 ,127,132,134

We now know that 126 is the median number of people served.