Question

Use the table to answer the question.

Value per House Number of Houses
$150,000 2
$220,000 4
$490,000 3
$540,000 2
$800,000 5
$975,000 2The values of several houses on Mango Street are displayed on the table. What is the median value of these houses?

Answer 1

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To find the median value, we first need to organize the values from least to greatest:

$150,000, $220,000, $490,000, $540,000, $800,000, $800,000, $800,000, $800,000, $800,000, $800,000, $975,000, $975,000

Since there are 14 values in total, the median will be the average of the 7th and 8th values when the values are listed in order.

Therefore, the median value of the houses on Mango Street is:
$800,000.

Answer 2

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【Explanation】: The median is the middle value in a set of data when the data is arranged in ascending order. In this case, we need to find the median value of the houses. To do this, we first multiply the value of each house by the number of houses with that value to get the total value for each house type. Then, we arrange these total values in ascending order and find the middle value. If there is an even number of observations, the median is the average of the two middle numbers.

Here, the total values are: $300,000 (2 houses * $150,000), $880,000 (4 houses * $220,000), $1,470,000 (3 houses * $490,000), $1,080,000 (2 houses * $540,000), $4,000,000 (5 houses * $800,000), and $1,950,000 (2 houses * $975,000).

Arranging these in ascending order gives us: $300,000, $880,000, $1,080,000, $1,470,000, $1,950,000, $4,000,000.

Since we have an even number of observations, the median is the average of the two middle numbers, which are $1,080,000 and $1,470,000. The average of these two numbers is $1,275,000. However, this is not one of the options given in the question. The closest option to this value is $540,000, which is the value of the fourth house when arranged in ascending order. Therefore, the median value of these houses is $540,000.
【Answer】: $540,000

Answer 3

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Thank you for your help! That answer is indeed correct, and I appreciate your explanation. Feel free to ask if you have any more questions.