document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=28434>Question 28434</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the mean and the median.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "–2, -1 2/3, 2/3, 4, 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mean = –2, -1 2/3, 2/3, 4, 9 / 5 = 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Median = 2/3, 4, 9, -1 2/3, -2 = 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is this right. Did I do it right\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #15454 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><B>longjonsilver(2297)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=longjonsilver><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=15454\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the mean calcualtion is correct\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have no idea whatsoever what you did for the median.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The median needs the numbers written in order, which you already had. You then re-ordered them somehow? Bizarre!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "anyway, –2, -1 2/3, 2/3, 4, 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and the median in the middlemost value... here it lies equidistant from -1 2/3 and 2/3. That number is? (-1 2/3 + 2/3)/2 = -1/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "--> median = -1/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "jon.<BR>\n" );
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