Compute the median of 17, 59, 10, 48, 41, 39

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Compute the median of 17, 59, 10, 48, 41, 39

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The given data is 17, 59, 10, 48, 41, and 39.

Arrange the data in an ascending order

10, 17, 39, 41, 48, 59

Here, the sample size is 6. This is even. Then, the median would be obtained by taking the n/2 and (n+2)/2th position values.

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