fifteen student are randomly selected from 2 different classes. They were asked how many books they read over the summer. Their responses are as follows. Find the median number of books read by each class. Which class has a higher median of books read?

Question

Class A: 0, 5, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 1, 1, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5, 4
Class B: 2, 2, 4, 3, 0, 0, 6, 7, 10, 9, 6, 5, 3, 1, 2

Answer 1

To find the median number of books read by each class, we first need to arrange the responses in numerical order.

For Class A:
0, 1, 1, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 10
The median number of books read for Class A is the middle value, in this case, it is the 8th value, which is 5.

For Class B:
0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 9, 10
The median number of books read for Class B is the middle value, in this case, it is the 8th value, which is 3.

Therefore, Class A has a higher median number of books read, with a median of 5 compared to Class B's median of 3.