Question

the median of 5, 7, 2, 9, 8 is: 5 7 8 6

Explanation:

Step1: Sort the data

Sort the numbers \(2,5,7,8,9\).

Step2: Find the median

For a set with \(n = 5\) (odd number of elements), the median is the \(\frac{n + 1}{2}\) -th element. \(\frac{5+ 1}{2}=3\) -rd element. The third element in \(2,5,7,8,9\) is \(7\).

Answer:

7