document.write( "Question 1094969: what is the median of 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12, 5, 7, 9, 6
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document.write( "1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12, 5, 7, 9, 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange them from smallest to largest:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12\r\n" );
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document.write( "When there is just ONE middle number, it is the median.\r\n" );
document.write( "But here, there is no ONE middle number, so we average\r\n" );
document.write( "the TWO middle numbers, 5 and 6, and their average is \r\n" );
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document.write( "      or 5.5.  That's the median, 5.5\r\n" );
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