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The table below shows the workers in a factory sorted according to their daily wages:


Calculate the median daily wage


total no. of workers = 32


the median would be the wage of = mean of 16th and 17th worker’s wage


⇒ In this question both the 16th and 17th worker have a wage of Rs. 700.


∴ median = Rs. 700


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