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Accountants often use the median when studying salaries for various businesses. What is the median of the following salary list: $32,063, 521,971; 827,512, S43,715, $38,860, $25,963?The median is

Respuesta :

To determine the median, first, we order the given set of numbers from lowest to highest:

[tex]21,971;25,963;27,512;32,063;38,860;43,715.[/tex]

Now, recall that the median is the number in the middle of the list, in this case, we have two numbers:

[tex]\begin{gathered} 27,512\text{ and } \\ 32,063. \end{gathered}[/tex]

Therefore, the median is the average of the two:

[tex]29,787.5[/tex]

Answer:

[tex]29,787.5[/tex]