Question

In a science test given to 10 students, the following marks [out of 100] are recorded as: 77, 43, 39, 56, 96, 47, 53, 45, 45, 55
Find out the mean & median of the above marks.

Answer 1

Mean = $\frac{Sumoftotalobservations}{Numberofobservations}$

Sum of total observations = 77 + 43 + 39 + 56 + 96 + 47 + 53 + 45 + 45 + 55 = 556

Total number of observation = 10

Mean = 55.6

For median, arrange in ascending order:
39, 43, 45, 45, 47, 53, 55, 56, 77, 96
Since even number of observation are there, the median is the average of the ${\left(\frac{n}{2}\right)}^{th}$and ${(\frac{n}{2}+1)}^{th}$observation i.e., 5th and 6th observation.

= $\left(\frac{47+53}{2}\right)$

= 50