Question

What is Second Number among Following List ?
54, 89, 45

Answer 1

in increasing order it will be
54, 89, 45
so middle number will be 89
in decreasing order it will be
45, 89, 54
so middle number will be 89 

Answer 2

increasing order => 54, 89, 45
middle number is 89
decreasing order => 45, 89, 54
middle number is 89 

Second no. remains same in all the above conditions