Question

if we have to cross a river and there is option to chose only one among mean, median or mode to cross the river safely. Which one will you chose? Answer with reason.​

Answer 1

$\sf{\underline{\overline{\orange{Options :}}}}$

a) mean

b) median

c) mode

$\sf{\underline{\overline{\pink{Answer :}}}}$

• I choose median.

$\sf{\underline{\overline{\red{Reason :}}}}$

Because the median is the middle value when a data set is ordered from least to greatest.

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$\boxed{\text{More to know :}}$

The reason why I didn't choose mean or mode :

✦ Mean :

The mean (average) of a data set is found by adding all numbers in the data set and then dividing by the number of values in the set.

✦ Mode :

The mode is the number that occurs most often in a data set.