Consider the following salaries for the executives of a certain company. $$\begin{array}{l}
\text { cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width } = \text { " } 59 \% \text { " border="0" }\
\begin{array} { l l }
{ \text { Position } } & \text { Salary } \
\text { President } & \$ 240,000 \
\text { 1st VP } & \$ 230,000 \
\text { 2nd VP } & \$ 100,000 \
\text { Supervising manager } & \$ 65,000 \
\text { Accounting manager } & \$ 65,000 \
\text { Personnel manager } & \$ 39,000 \
\text { Department manager } & \$ 30,000 \
\text { Department manager } & \$ 30,000
\end{array}
\end{array}$$ What is the median?
A) $133,000
B) $140,000
C) $65,000
D) $30,000
E) $99,875

Question

Consider the following salaries for the executives of a certain company. $$\begin{array}{l}
\text { cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width } = \text { " } 59 \% \text { " border="0"> }\
\begin{array} { l l } 
 { \text { Position } } & \text { Salary } \
\text { President } & \$ 240,000 \
\text { 1st VP } & \$ 230,000 \
\text { 2nd VP } & \$ 100,000 \
\text { Supervising manager } & \$ 65,000 \
\text { Accounting manager } & \$ 65,000 \
\text { Personnel manager } & \$ 39,000 \
\text { Department manager } & \$ 30,000 \
\text { Department manager } & \$ 30,000
\end{array}
\end{array}$$ What is the median?
A) $133,000
B) $140,000
C) $65,000
D) $30,000
E) $99,875

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To find the median salary, list the salaries in ascending order and find the middle value. With an even number of salaries (8 in this case), the median is the average of the 4th and 5th salaries in the list. The 4th and 5th salaries are both $65,000, so the median salary is $65,000.

Consider the Following Salaries for the Executives of a Certain