SOLUTION: Find the meand and the median -5,-2,3,7,12,15

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Question 56868: Find the meand and the median
-5,-2,3,7,12,15
Answer by Scriptor(36) About Me  (Show Source):
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The mean: sum all the numbers you've got and divide by the amount of numbers:
(-5 + (-2) + 3 + 7 + 12 + 15)/6 = 5
The median is the number in the middle: in this case it is right between 3 and 7, so (3+7)/2 = 5