Hey guys was jus wondering:
We know,
Mean=median for a set of consecutive integers..
Can we safely extend this rule to sum of consecutive EVEN/ODD integers??
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Mean = median for any symmetric distribution.uptowngirl92 wrote:Hey guys was jus wondering:
We know,
Mean=median for a set of consecutive integers..
Can we safely extend this rule to sum of consecutive EVEN/ODD integers??
Non-symmetric distributions can have mean = median.
Arithmetic progression is a symmetric distribution.
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If you have n consecutive odd/even numbers, and n is ODD, then both the mean and median = the (n+1)/2 -th term.
If you have n consecutive odd/even numbers, and n is EVEN, then mean and median = nth term + 1
Same rules apply for all arithmetic progressions.
If you have n consecutive odd/even numbers, and n is EVEN, then mean and median = nth term + 1
Same rules apply for all arithmetic progressions.
