Question

The following data points represent the number of flying saucers that are owned by each alien on planet nowhere. (a)Arrange the data from the least to greatest 1,4,2,21,8,27(b)Find the median number of flying saucers

Answer 1

The data that represent the number of flying saucers that are owned by each alien on planet nowhere is given below:

$1,4,2,21,8,27$

(a)We sort the data from the least to greatest below.

$1,2,4,8,21,27$

(b)The median is the middle number.

In this case, we have two numbers in the middle: 4 and 8

Therefore we find their average:

$\begin{gathered} \text{Median}=\frac{4+8}{2} \\ =\frac{12}{2} \\ =6 \end{gathered}$