Question

a group of 8 families at amandas school sold magazine subscriptions to raise money for the school.
$8.00 $4.00 $3.00 $6.00 $8.00 $9.00 $8.00 $6.00
what was the median amount of money raised?

Explanation:

Step1: Arrange data in ascending order

$3,4,6,6,8,8,8,9$

Step2: Determine position for median

Since $n = 8$ (even number of data - points), median is average of $\frac{n}{2}$th and $(\frac{n}{2}+1)$th ordered - data points. $\frac{n}{2}=\frac{8}{2}=4$ and $\frac{n}{2}+1 = 5$.

Step3: Calculate median

Median=$\frac{6 + 8}{2}=\frac{14}{2}=7$

Answer:

$7$