Question

A magazine collects these data measuring the battery life , in hours , of a sample of MP3 players : 5.7, 6, 6.1, 6.5, 6.8, 7.1, 7.4, 7.6, 8.1, 8.2 About how long does an MP3 player in the 50th percentile play ?

Answer 1

the answer is 6.8

Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

Since we have to determined the 50th percentile play

So,

= 50(nth value) ÷ number of observations

= 50(nth value) ÷ 10

= 5th value

= 6.8

Hence the answer is 6.8

The same is to be considered and relevant