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What is the median age for the following data set representing the ages of students requesting tickets for a summer band concert? Explain your reasoning. 13 14 15 15 16 16 17 18 18

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Answer:

16 is the median

Explanation:

By definition, the median is the mid value or the middle number of a given data set

Firstly, we have to arrange the numbers in ascending or descending order

What we have as the count of the numbers here is 9

So the middle number is the 5th term counting from either sides

As we can see, the fifth term here is the number 16

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