Fifteen students are randomly selected from two different classes. They were asked how many books they read during the summer. Their responses are as follows. Find the median number of books read by each class. Which class has a higher median number of books read?Class 1: 0, 5, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 1, 1, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5, 6Class 2: 2, 2, 4, 3, 0, 0, 6, 7, 10, 9, 6, 5, 3, 1, 2(2 points)The median number of books read during the summer by Class 1 is . The median number of books read during the summer by Class 2 is . Class has a higher median number of books read during the summer.

Question

Fifteen students are randomly selected from two different classes. They were asked how many books they read during the summer. Their responses are as follows. Find the median number of books read by each class. Which class has a higher median number of books read?Class 1: 0, 5, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 1, 1, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5, 6Class 2: 2, 2, 4, 3, 0, 0, 6, 7, 10, 9, 6, 5, 3, 1, 2(2 points)The median number of books read during the summer by Class 1 is . The median number of books read during the summer by Class 2 is . Class has a higher median number of books read during the summer.

Answer 1

To find the median, we first need to arrange the numbers in each class in ascending order:

Class 1: 0, 1, 1, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 8, 10
Class 2: 0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 9, 10

Since each class has 15 students, the median for each class will be the average of the 8th and 9th numbers in the ordered list.

For Class 1: (5 + 5) / 2 = 5
For Class 2: (3 + 4) / 2 = 3.5

Therefore, the median number of books read during the summer by Class 1 is 5 and the median number of books read during the summer by Class 2 is 3.5. Class 1 has a higher median number of books read.