a line chart starts from 2 to 6,girls in algebra based on class period, above two there's 4 above three there's 5, above four there's 6 above five there is 5, and above six there's 5.

What is the median of the data?

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To find the median of the data you provided, we will first list the values represented by the counts for each class period. The data points are:

  • For 2: 4 girls
  • For 3: 5 girls
  • For 4: 6 girls
  • For 5: 5 girls
  • For 6: 5 girls

Now, let's list all the counts in order based on the values from the graphical representation:

  • 2 occurs 4 times: \(2, 2, 2, 2\)
  • 3 occurs 5 times: \(3, 3, 3, 3, 3\)
  • 4 occurs 6 times: \(4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4\)
  • 5 occurs 5 times: \(5, 5, 5, 5, 5\)
  • 6 occurs 5 times: \(6, 6, 6, 6, 6\)

Now, combining these values, we have:

\[2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6\]

Next, count the total number of data points:

  • There are \(4 + 5 + 6 + 5 + 5 = 25\) girls in total.

For an odd number of data points, the median is the middle value. Since \(25\) is odd, the median will be the value at the \(\frac{25 + 1}{2} = 13\)th position in the ordered list.

Now let's find the 13th value in our ordered list:

  1. \(2\) (4 values)
  2. \(3\) (5 values)
  3. \(4\) (6 values) \( \Rightarrow \) up to the 15th position

Since \(4\) is present in the 10th to 15th positions, the 13th value is \(4\).

Thus, the median of the data is:

Median = 4.