For 10 conservative days, Anthony recorded the daily high temperature in dayton laredo. The table shows the data.
Dayton: 77 82 85 87 90 85 79 86 91 88
Laredo: 81 79 80 86 88 92 82 88 84 87
Which city has a higher median daily high temperature? How much higher is the city's median than the other city's median daily high temperature?
To find the median daily high temperature for each city, we need to arrange the temperatures in ascending order:
For Dayton: 77 79 82 85 85 86 87 88 90 91
For Laredo: 79 80 81 82 84 86 87 88 88 92
Now we need to find the middle value for each city.
For Dayton, the median is the 5th value, which is 85.
For Laredo, the median is the 6th value, which is 86.
Therefore, Laredo has a higher median daily high temperature by 1 degree.