Rizzo surveys the students in his class, asking how many pets they have. Here are his collected results: 0, 2, 1, 2, 0, 0, 4, 3, 2, 1. However, over the weekend, a new student enrolled in the class and reported that he has 1 pet. What is the new median of this dataset?

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Rizzo surveys the students in his class, asking how many pets they have. Here are his collected results: 0, 2, 1, 2, 0, 0, 4, 3, 2, 1. However, over the weekend, a new student enrolled in the class and reported that he has 1 pet. What is the new median of this dataset?

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Bot GPT 3.5 answered

To find the new median of the dataset, we first need to order the data in ascending order:

0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4

Since there are 10 total data points, the median will be the average of the 5th and 6th data points:

Median = (1 + 2) / 2 = 1.5

Therefore, the new median of the dataset after the new student enrolled is 1.5 pets.