Statistics · Class 9 · CBSE Mathematics
The observations 11, 7, 5, 13, 9, 15 and 17 are arranged in ascending order. What is their median?
Practice question from Statistics (Class 9 · CBSE Mathematics), with the correct answer and a step-by-step solution.
medium · MCQ · Q-6BAC0D
The observations 11, 7, 5, 13, 9, 15 and 17 are arranged in ascending order. What is their median?
- A.9
- B.11Correct answer
- C.13
- D.15
Solution
The ordered observations are 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17. Since there are 7 observations, the median is the fourth observation, which is 11.
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