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The following bar graph represents the length (in letters) of the names of 19 people. What is the median length of these names? | The following bar graph represents the length (in letters) of the names of 19 people. What is the median length of these names? | ||
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The following bar graph represents the length (in letters) of the names of 19 people. What is the median length of these names?
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Solution 1
We first notice that the median name will be the name. The name is .
Solution 2
To find the median length of a name from a bar graph, we must add up the number of names. Doing so gives us . Thus the index of the median length would be the 10th name. Since there are names with length , and names with length , the th name would have letters. Thus our answer is .
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2016 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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