Question

mirah examined the ages of her cousins.
name age (years)
bert 0
elisabeth 6
mason 6
jo 6
traci 4
gabe 8
patrick 10
what is the median age of her cousins?

Explanation:

Step1: Sort the data

Sort the ages in ascending order: \(0,4,6,6,6,8,10\)

Step2: Find the median

The number of data points \(n = 7\) (odd). The median is the \(\frac{n + 1}{2}\)th value. \(\frac{7+ 1}{2}=4\)th value.

Answer:

\(6\)