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JNU SSS 2012 Question 32: Descriptive statistics and dispersion

The names of 7 students when ranked in ascending order of their weights are AAA, BBB, CCC, DDD, EEE, FFF and GGG. AAA's weight is 45 kg and GGG's weight is 75 kg.

If no pair of students has the same weight, then the median weight of the group is

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The names of 7 students when ranked in ascending order of their weights are A, B, C, D, E, F and G. A 's weight is 45 kg and G 's weight is 75 kg. If no pair of students has the same weight, then the median weight of the group is (A) always equal to C 's weight (B) the average of C 's weight and E 's weight (C) C 's weight or E 's weight (D) None of the above

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This question is on Median, mode and quantiles, part of Descriptive statistics and dispersion in Statistics.

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