ajprasad Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Score Interval Number of students 50-59 2 60-69 10 70-79 16 80-89 27 90-99 18 The table shows the distribution of scores of a group of students. Which score interval contains the median of the 73 scores? Please explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mail2jkd Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Total number of students 73, since it is odd the median is 37. Re-arranging the series cumulative. 50-59 2 60-69 12 70-79 28 80-89 55 90-99 73 37 falls in 80-89, The answer D, 80-89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agarbattis Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Out of 73 scores, median will be the 37th score ( 72/ 2 + 1 ) with scores arranged in the ascending order. Given that , 80-89 will contain the median score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 80-89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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