Question

1. you have five employees. they work the following number of hours week: 42, 26, 39, 12, 55. what is the median number hours worked? a. 26 b. 39 c. 40 d. 42

Explanation:

Step1: Sort the data

Sort the hours worked in ascending order: \(12, 26, 39, 42, 55\)

Step2: Find the median

For a set with \(n = 5\) (odd number of data points), the median is the \(\frac{n + 1}{2}\) -th value.
\(\frac{5+ 1}{2}=3\) -rd value.

Answer:

B. 39