[Class 8] Consider the data: 12, 47, 8, 73, 18, 35, 39, 8, 29, 25, p. - Figure it out - Page 113-116

part 2 - Question 9 - Figure it out - Page 113-116 - Chapter 5 Class 8 - Tales by Dots and Lines (Ganita Prakash II) - Class 8 (Ganita Prakash - 1, 2 & Old NCERT)

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Question 9 Consider the data: 12, 47, 8, 73, 18, 35, 39, 8, 29, 25, p. Which of the following number(s) could be p if the median of this data is 29? (i) 10 (ii) 25 (iii) 40 (iv) 100 (v) 29 (vi) 47 (vii) 30There are 10 known values: 8, 8, 12, 18, 25, 29, 35, 39, 47, 73 And, an unknown value p So, Number of terms = 11 If 29 has to be Median, it has to be the 6th term Since 29 is already in 6th spot with 10 terms, we add a number greater than 29 The valid options are: (iii) 40, (iv) 100, (v) 29, (vi) 47, and (vii) 30.

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