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Graph+ median

by gmat740 » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:11 am
Yesterday each of the 35 members of a certain task force spent some time working on project P. The graph shows the number of hours and the number of members who spent that number of hours working on project P yesterday. What was the median number of hours that the members of the task force spent working on project P yesterday?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6
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by scoobydooby » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:37 am
would go for E

the median term : 18th member falls in the group that works 6 hours

(18th member falls in the 2nd group from last- 10m+8m=18m, the corresponding hrs worked for this group is 6 hours)

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by gmat740 » Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:34 am
Yes indeed.

OA-E