Find the median rate paid at Jims Burgers if the workers hou

Find the median rate paid at Jim\'s Burgers if the workers\' hourly rates are $4.25, $4.15, $4.90, $4.25, $4.60, $4.50, $4.60, $4.75.

Solution

Reorderingt the terms in increasing order,

4.15
4.25
4.25
4.5
4.6
4.6
4.75
4.9

As there are 8 terms, then the middle terms are the 4th and 5th terms.

hence, the median is the average of those.

Therefore,

median = (4.5+4.6)/2 = 4.55 [ANSWER]