Question

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The average high temperatures in degrees for a city are listed.

58, 61, 71, 77, 91, 100, 105, 102, 95, 82, 66, 57

If a value of 48° is added to the data, how does the median change?

The median stays at 77.9°.
The median stays at 84.4°.
The median decreases to 72°.
The median decreases to 77°.

Answer 1

The median decreases to 77. If you arrange the numbers in ascending order, it becomes easier to see. So if you rearranged them to be 48, 57, 58, 61, 66, 71, 77, 82, 91, 95, 100, 102, and 105. This let’s you see that the median is 77.