Question

What is the median of $5$ and $7$?

Answer 1

Finding the median of given numbers

Median: The median is the middle value of the data when the data is arranged in ascending or descending order.

1. When there are an odd number of terms in a data set, then the median is a ${\left(\frac{n+1}{2}\right)}^{th}$ term of the arranged data.
2. When there are even number of terms in a data set, then the median is $\frac{{\left({\displaystyle \frac{n}{2}}\right)}^{th}term+{\left({\displaystyle \frac{n}{2}}+1\right)}^{th}term}{2}$, where $n$ is the number of observations

GIven numbers are: $5$ and $7$

So, the median of $5$ and $7$ is,

$Median=\frac{5+7}{2}$

$\Rightarrow$ $Median=\frac{12}{2}$

$\Rightarrow$ $Median=6$

Hence, the median of $5$ and $7$ is $6$.