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What is the median of the data set?

10, 15, 27, 33, 33, 36, 42, 47, 45, 56, 78



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Answered by GPT-4o mini
To find the median of a data set, you first need to arrange the numbers in order, which is already done here. The data set is:

10, 15, 27, 33, 33, 36, 42, 45, 47, 56, 78

The median is the middle number in a sorted list. Since there are 11 numbers in this set (which is odd), the median will be the number located at the position \((n + 1) / 2\), where \(n\) is the number of data points.

Calculating:

\[
\text{Position of median} = \frac{11 + 1}{2} = \frac{12}{2} = 6
\]

The 6th number in the ordered list is 36.

Therefore, the median of the data set is **36**.

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