The number of hours per week that the television is turned on is deter

skomminbv

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2021-12-07

The number of hours per week that the television is turned on is determined for each family in a sample. The mean of the data is 31 hours and the median is 27.2 hours. Twenty-four of the families in the sample turned on the television for 16 hours or less for the week. The 7-th percentile of the data is 16 hours.
What is the value of the 50-th percentile?

Answer & Explanation

Momp1989

Momp1989

Beginner2021-12-08Added 21 answers

Step 1
Given that there are 24 families in the sample.
Mean=31
Median=27.2
7th percentile=16hours
Step 2
The 50th percentile is the median because 50% of the data lies below the median.
So, the 50th percentile is =median=27.2
Answer: 27.2

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