Question

Mitchell is on his school's track team. He recorded his times in the 100-yard dash at each track meet last year. 100-yard dash time (sec.) 20 22 24 18 26 28 What was Mitchell's median time in the 100-yard dash? seconds

Answer 1

We are given the following data set:

`20,22,24,18,26,28`

To determine the median we need to first organize the data from smaller to greater number:

`18,20,22,24,26,28`

The median is the value in the middle of the data set, since there is an even number of data values we need to find the average of the most middle values, that is: