The mean of the set of number (87,85,80,83,84,x) is 83.5. What is the median of the set of six numbers? Express you answer as a decimal to the nearest tenth.

Question

Please explain in 8th grade terms.

Answer 1

The total of the given statistics is 419

(419 + x)/6 = 83.5

419 + x = 501

x=82 is the missing statistic

The data set is sorted {80,82,83,84,85,87}

The median is 83.5