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

Answer:

7