Movie 1
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17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
Movie 2
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24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
The dot plots represent the ages, in years, of people watching two movies at a local theater. Find the median age of the people who watched each movie.
The median age of people who watched movie 1 is ____.
The median age of people who watched movie 2 is _37___.
The median age of people who watched Movie 1 is 28.5 years.
To find the median age for Movie 1, we count the number of data points which is 27. Since it is an odd number, the median is the middle number when the data is arranged in order.
In this case, the middle number is the 14th data point, which is 28.5 years.
To find the median age for Movie 2, we count the number of data points which is 27. Since it is an odd number, the median is the middle number when the data is arranged in order.
In this case, the middle number is the 14th data point, which is 37 years.