Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Numerical Ability

Topic

Mean, Median and Mode

Question:

Median of the given data is:

-3, 2, 11, 0, -4, -8, -1, 14, 16, -8 .

Options:

-\(\frac{(-1)}{2}\)

-\(\frac{1}{2}\)

-\(\frac{3}{2}\)

\(\frac{5}{2}\)

Correct Answer:

-\(\frac{1}{2}\)

Explanation:

Arrange in as Ascending order = -8, -8, -4, -3, -1, 0, 2, 11, 14, 16

N = 10 which is even

Hence, median = \(\frac{(\frac{n}{2})th\;term\;+\;(\frac{n}{2} +1)th\;term}{2}\) 

                      = \(\frac{5th\;term\;+\;6th\;term}{2}\) 

                      = \(\frac{-1\;+\;0}{2}\)  = -\(\frac{1}{2}\)