Question

The median weight of the players is _____. 154 158 163 167 169

Answer 1

by adding both together that'll be 811 but divided by 5,,, that be 162,2,,,therefore I think or am I be wrong the answer can be 163.....

Answer 2

Answer: The median weight of the players is 163 (units).

Explanation:

In an ordered data set ,

If number of data value (n)= odd

Then, $\text{Median}=\text{Middle-most value OR }\dfrac{n+1}{2}^{th}\text{ term}$

If number of data value (n)= even

Then, $\text{Median}=(\dfrac{n}{2}+1)^{th}\text{ term}$

The given data of weight of the players :  

154  158  163  167  169

To find median, first we check the given weights are in order.

Since all all the values are in an ascending order ( from lower to higher value )

, so we can move to the next step.

The number of observations = 5 , which is an odd number .

Therefore , Median= Middlemost value = 163

Hence, The median weight of the players is 163 (units).