Question

A group of 6 students was asked, "How many hours did you watch television last week?" Here are their responses.

20,4,7,7, 10, 10
Find the median and mean number of hours for these students.
If necessary, round your answers to the nearest tenth.
(a) Median:
(b) Mean:
hours
hours

Answer 1

median=8.5 hours Mean=9.7 hours

Explanation:

First you take the values and add them together, find the sum.
20+4+7+7+10+10=x
x=58
now take 58 and divide it by the number of students
58/6=9.66666
the mean would be 9.7 hours since it asks to round to the nearest 10th
and for the median sort it from lowest to highest
4,7,7,10,10,20
now since in the middle are 7 and 10, add those together and divide by 2
10+7=17
17/2=8.5
the median is 8.5

Answer 2

Answer: median = 8.5

mean=

9.7

total = 58