Question

IIIMean and median of a data setA group of 6 students was asked, "How many hours did you watch television last week?" Here20, 16, 19, 8, 19, 11Find the mean and median number of hours for these students.If necessary, round your answers to the nearest tenth.Mean: hoursХ5?Median: ] hours

Answer 1

Given:

`8,11,16,19,19,20`
`\begin{gathered} \text{Mean}=\frac{\text{Sum of the terms}}{No\text{ of terms}} \\ \text{Mean}=(8+11+16+19+19+20)/(6) \\ \text{Mean}=(93)/(6) \\ \text{Mean}=15.5 \end{gathered}`

Median:

Average of 3rd and 4th terms

`\begin{gathered} \text{Median}=(16+19)/(2) \\ \text{Median}=(35)/(2) \\ \text{Median}=17.5 \end{gathered}`