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Introductory Statistics

Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean

$Math Studyset Vaia Explanations$ Math

OER 2018 Edition · 902 pages

ISBN: 9781938168208

Chapter 6: Q. 2 (page 385)

A normal distribution has a mean of 61 and a standard deviation of 15. What is the median?

Short Answer

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The median of the normal distribution will be $61$

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Given Information

Given in the question that, a normal distribution has a mean of $61$ and a standard deviation of $15$ .

We have to find the median.

Explanation

When the distribution is normal, the value of mean and median and mode are equal to each other.

According to the information given in the question, the mean is $61 .$

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