Question

There are total $31$ seats in the last row of the auditorium in Sam's school. If Sam was asked to sit at such a position that he should occupy the median position, then which seat he should sit at?

• A. $15$
• B. $17$
• C. $16$
• D. $19$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $16$

There are $31$ seats in the last row of the auditorium, which implies there is an odd number of seats in the last row.

For odd number of terms, the median is always the middle term. Thus, for $31$ number of seats, the middle value is $16$.
Hence, to occupy the median position Sam has to sit at ${16}^{th}$ seat of the row.