what is the median for 9,2,8,1

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The answer should be 5.

Yes, that's right.

To find the median of a set of numbers, we need to arrange them in ascending order and then find the middle number.

Let's arrange the numbers in ascending order: 1, 2, 8, 9.

Since we have four numbers, the middle two numbers will be 2 and 8. To find the median, we take the average of these two middle numbers.

Adding the two middle numbers and dividing by 2:

(2 + 8) / 2 = 10 / 2 = 5.

Therefore, the median of the given set of numbers (9, 2, 8, 1) is 5.