Question

If the median of a list of numbers is m, the first quartile of the list is the median of the numbers in the list that are less than m. What is the first quartile of the list of numbers 42, 24, 30, 22, 26, 19, 33, and 35

Answer 1

The median of {19, 22, 24, 26, 30, 33, 35, 42} is 28.

The numbers less than the median are {19, 22, 24, 26}. The median of this list is 23.