Question

If the median of the data 40, 35, 30, a, 20, 15, 10 which are arrangedin descending order is 25, find the value of a.

Answer 1

Given:-

$40,35,30,a,20,15,10$

To find the value of a.

Now we arrange the numbers in desceding order. we get,

$40,35,30,a,20,15,10$

And given median is 25.

Median is the center term and the center term is a.

So the value of a is 25.