Question

The data set below has a median of 39.5.

What would be the new median if 43 was
added to the list?
31, 41, 50, 28, 52, 38, 56, 27

Answer 1

41

Explanation:

All the values are as follows

27 28 31 38 41 43 50 52 56

If we go to the middle value (9 total values so #5), it's 41.