Question

what is the median of the set of numbers? 26, 26, 50, 23, 47, 18 type your answer in the boxes

Explanation:

Step1: Sort the numbers

Sort the set \(18,23,26,26,47,50\).

Step2: Find the median

Since there are \(n = 6\) (even number of elements), the median is the average of the \(\frac{n}{2}\) - th and \((\frac{n}{2}+1)\) - th elements. \(\frac{n}{2}=3\), \(\frac{n}{2}+1 = 4\). The 3rd element is \(26\), the 4th element is \(26\). Median \(=\frac{26 + 26}{2}\).

Answer:

\(26\)