Assume there are nine voters in a certain small town and let x = the preferred number of dollars spent per person per month on garbage collection.For Voters 1,2,and 3,x = $10; for Voter 4,x = $15; for Voter 5,x = $18; and for Voters 6,7,8 and 9,x = $20.The median voter is
A) Voter 3.
B) Voter 4.
C) Voter 5.
D) Voter 6.

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To find the median voter, we need to arrange the voters in order based on their preferred value of x:

$10, $10, $10, $15, $18, $20, $20, $20, $20

Now we can see that the median voter is the one in the middle of this list. Since there are an odd number of voters (9), the middle one is the fifth one:

Voter 1, Voter 2, Voter 3, Voter 4, Voter 5 (median), Voter 6, Voter 7, Voter 8, Voter 9

And the preferred value of x for Voter 5 is $18. Therefore, the answer is C) Voter 5.

Assume There Are Nine Voters in a Certain Small Town