Q3 of 9 Page 252

The table below gives the number of babies born in a hospital during a week, sorted according to their birth weight.


Calculate the median birth-weight.


Sol. total no. of babies = 70


the median weight of babies would be the average weight of 35th and 36th baby.


both babies are having a weight of 3.000 kg


∴ the median weight of all the babies = 3.000 kg


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