You Ask a Class of 15 Students to Tell You

question 10

Multiple Choice

You ask a class of 15 students to tell you the number of people who follow them on Twitter.They give their answers as 10,27,145,70,8,23,2,0,66,201,12,5,9,34,20.
-Calculate the median number of followers.

• A)0
• B)12
• C)20
• D)145

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Definitions:

Cytoplasm

The material within a living cell, excluding the nucleus, containing organelles, and involved in cell metabolism and growth.

Posttranslational Control

Regulatory mechanisms that modify a protein’s function after it has been synthesized.

Amino Acids

Organic compounds that serve as the building blocks of proteins, containing both an amino group and a carboxyl group.

Codons

Sequences of three nucleotides in mRNA that specify the addition of a specific amino acid into a polypeptide chain during protein synthesis.