SOLUTION: find the median of the following data set, expressed as a common fraction 3/4, 1/6, 1/4, 5/6, 1/8, 1/2, 1/3

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Question 1056653: find the median of the following data set, expressed as a common fraction
3/4, 1/6, 1/4, 5/6, 1/8, 1/2, 1/3
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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+3%2F4=18%2F24+
1%2F6=4%2F24
1%2F4=6%2F24
5%2F6=20%2F24
1%2F8=3%2F24
1%2F2=12%2F24
1%2F3=8%2F24
So re-arranging (just numerators),
{3,4,6,8,12,18,20}
So then the median is 8.
M=8%2F24=1%2F3