2016 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 6
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Problem
The following bar graph represents the length (in letters) of the names of 19 people. What is the median length of these names?
Solutions
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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