Question

Some of the observations in a data are 16 72 0 55 65 55 10 a student chaitanya calculated the median without consideration of zero is correct or not if not find the correct median

Answer 1

arrange the numbers in ascending order then find the median using the formula

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct median of the data = 55

Step-by-step explanation:

The data is given to be : 16 72 0 55 65 55 10

Chaitanya calculated the median without consideration of 0 but in calculating the median we cannot neglect any value as 0 is also a value of a given data set.

So, He calculated the median which is incorrect

Now, to calculate the correct median first arrange the given data set in ascending order of values.

0, 10, 16, 55, 55, 65, 72

Since the number of terms is which is is odd

So, Median = (n+1)/2 term

                   = 4th term

                    = 55

Hence, The correct median of the data = 55