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Listed below is a stem-and-leaf plot of the times it took 13 students to drink a 12 ounce beverage. Values for stems represent seconds and values for leaves represent tenths of a second.
3| 1234
3| 5
4| 0
5| 6
6| 11379
7|
8| 2
-What was the median time to drink the beverage?
A) 3.5 seconds.
B) 4.0 seconds.
C) 5.6 seconds.
D) 6.9 seconds.

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Use the following information for questions:
 Listed below is a stem-and-leaf plot of the times it took 13 students to drink a 12 ounce beverage. Values for stems represent seconds and values for leaves represent tenths of a second.
3| 1234
3| 5
4| 0
5| 6
6| 11379
7|
8| 2
-What was the median time to drink the beverage?
A) 3.5 seconds.
B) 4.0 seconds.
C) 5.6 seconds.
D) 6.9 seconds.

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The median is the middle value when the data is ordered. With 13 data points, the 7th value is the median. Ordering the times: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.0, 5.6, 6.1, 6.1, 6.3, 6.7, 6.9, 8.2. The 7th value is 5.6 seconds.

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