A sample was taken of the salaries of four employees from a large company.The following are their salaries (in thousands of dollars)for this year: 33, 36, 41, and 47.The median of their salaries is approximately _________.
A)38.5
B)34.5
C)34
D)44.5
E)38

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The median of a set of numbers is the middle value when the numbers are arranged in ascending order. For the given salaries of 33, 36, 41, and 47, when arranged in order, the middle values are 36 and 41. The median is the average of these two numbers: (36 + 41) / 2 = 77 / 2 = 38.5.

A Sample Was Taken of the Salaries of Four Employees