Answer :
Final answer:
The median of the given numbers 70.8, 71.9, 72.1, 82.4, 85.3, 98.1 is 77.25, which is calculated by averaging the middle two numbers in the ordered list.
Explanation:
To find the median of a set of numbers, first you need to arrange the numbers in ascending order. Once the numbers are sorted, the median is the middle value if there is an odd number of values, or the average of the two middle values if there is an even number of values.
In the case of the numbers provided (70.8, 71.9, 72.1, 82.4, 85.3, 98.1), they are already in ascending order. Since there are six numbers (an even amount), we take the average of the third and fourth values to find the median.
The third value is 72.1 and the fourth value is 82.4, so we calculate the median as follows:
Median = (72.1 + 82.4) / 2
Median = 154.5 / 2
Median = 77.25
