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The weight of 10 students (in kg) are
55,40,35,52,60,38,36,45,31,44.
The median weight is

A

40 kg

B

41 kg

C

42 kg

D

44kg

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The correct Answer is:
C
Arranging the weights in an ascending orden, we have
31,35,36,38,40,44,45,52,55,60.
Here , n= 10 , which is even.
Median = 1/2 [5th term =6th term] = 1/2 ( 40 +44) kg = 42kg .
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