Question #f9e8f
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Explanation:
The median is the middle number (in a sorted list of numbers).
There are 11 occurrences of hours of sleep less than 6 hours:
5 times at 4 hours and 6 times at 5 hours.
There are 7 occurrences of 6 hours of sleep.
Therefore the last occurrence of 6 hours of sleep is in the 18th position.
Therefore, there are 17 sorted numbers prior to the last occurrence.
So, to find the largest number for
So we can write and solve for
The largest value
The maximum value of
Explanation:
The median is the middle value of an ordered data set. In the given set there are 18 values not higher than
If the median is the
9
Explanation:
For the median, it has to be six. That means the 17 numbers before the last 6 (the five 4's, the six 5's, and the remaining six 6's) has to be equal to the number of 7's, 8's, and 9's. So