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by ajith » Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:19 am
nisha.menon294 wrote:i dont understand why is the answer 2
Median is the middle value of the numbers sequenced in ascending or descending order
in this case

15,10, 5 -1, -2 , -5

There are two middle values -1 and 5
Median is the average of these two (-1+5)/2 = 2
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