Twelve Randomly Chosen Students Were Asked How Many Times They

question 95

Multiple Choice

Twelve randomly chosen students were asked how many times they had missed class during a certain semester, with this result: 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 5, 9, 1, 2, 3, 3, 10. The median is:

• A)7.0.
• B)3.0.
• C)3.5.
• D)2.5.

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