If the median of the score distribution on this pop quiz is more than 170, the teacher will drop the next pop quiz. The pop quiz scores followed this distribution: {180, 175, 163, 186, 153, 194, 198, 183, 187, 174, 177, 196, 162, 185, 174, 195, 164, 152, 144, 138, 125, 110}. What is the median of the distribution?

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Answer:

  174.5

Step-by-step explanation:

You want the median of the given distribution.

Median

There are 22 scores given. When they are sorted into increasing order, the middle two scores are 174 and 175. The median is the average of these two scores:

  median = (174 +175)/2 = 349/2 = 174.5

The median of the distribution is 174.5.

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Additional comment

When the number of scores is even, the median is the average of the middle two of the ordered list. When the number is odd, the median is the middle one of the ordered list.

The sorted list is ...

{110, 125, 138, 144, 152, 153, 162, 163, 164, 174, 174, 175, 177, 180, 183, 185, 186, 187, 194, 195, 196, 198}

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