Question

What is the median of this data set?

{23, 16, 19, 17, 15, 19, 17, 24}

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Answer 1

Me thinks its 18

Answer 2

16,

Explanation:

1) Put numbers in ascending order

15, 16, 17, 17, 19, 19, 23, 24

2) Find the middle numbers use n+1/2

n = the amount of numbers in the sequence

8+1/2 = 4.5

3) The answer is 18 because that's the number between 17 and 19