SAT One-variable data: distributions and measures of center and spread Practice Question 9 (Easy)

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What is the median of the data set $3, 8, 5, 12, 9, 6$ ?

$6$

$7$

$\frac{43}{6}$

$8$

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Answer: B

Order the values: $3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12$ . With an even number of values, the median is the mean of the two middle values: $\frac{6 + 8}{2} = 7$ .

Choice C is the mean of the data, not the median.

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