Below are 36 sorted ages of an acting award winner Find P50

Below are 36 sorted ages of an acting award winner. Find P_50 using the method presented in the textbook.

Solution

Note that

50% of 36 = 0.50*36 = 18

Hence, 18 entries must be less than P50. Hence, we choose the 19th lowest entry here.

Therefore,

P50 = 51 [ANSWER]

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