Suppose 16 voters are distributed at different positions over the interval [0, 1], as shown below. $\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|lll|l|l|l|}
\hline \text { Location } & 0.1 & 0.2 & 0.3 & 0.4 & 0.5 & 0.6 & 0.7 & 0.8 & 0.9 \
\hline \begin{array}{l}
\text { Number of } \
\text { voters }
\end{array} & 2 & 0 & 4 & 5 & 4 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \
\hline
\end{array}$What is the median position of the voters?

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To find the median position, we need to find the position that has exactly 8 voters on either side. Starting from the left, we see that the first three locations (0.1, 0.2, 0.3) have a total of 6 voters. Moving to the fourth location (0.4), we see that there are 5 voters to the left and 4 voters to the right, so this is the median position. Therefore, the answer is B) 0.4.

Suppose 16 Voters Are Distributed at Different Positions Over the Interval