In the data set {2, 4, 4, 6, 8}, what is the median?

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In the data set {2, 4, 4, 6, 8}, what is the median?

The median is the middle value when data are ordered from smallest to largest. Arrange the set: 2, 4, 4, 6, 8. With five numbers, the middle one is the third item, which is 4. So the median is 4. The other options don’t fit because 2 is the smallest, 6 is the second largest, and 5 isn’t even a data value (median would be the average of two middle numbers only if there were an even number of values).

The median is the middle value when data are ordered from smallest to largest. Arrange the set: 2, 4, 4, 6, 8. With five numbers, the middle one is the third item, which is 4. So the median is 4. The other options don’t fit because 2 is the smallest, 6 is the second largest, and 5 isn’t even a data value (median would be the average of two middle numbers only if there were an even number of values).

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