Recall that the median of a set of numbers is the number in the middle of the set, after the numbers have been rearranged from lowest to highest.
From the plot, we get that the number, arranged from lowest to highest are:
The number in the middle of the above set is:
Therefore the median of the given numbers is:
Answer: 42.
<span>n = 5
The formula for the confidence interval (CI) is
CI = m ± z*d/sqrt(n)
where
CI = confidence interval
m = mean
z = z value in standard normal table for desired confidence
n = number of samples
Since we want a 95% confidence interval, we need to divide that in half to get
95/2 = 47.5
Looking up 0.475 in a standard normal table gives us a z value of 1.96
Since we want the margin of error to be ± 0.0001, we want the expression ± z*d/sqrt(n) to also be ± 0.0001. And to simplify things, we can omit the ± and use the formula
0.0001 = z*d/sqrt(n)
Substitute the value z that we looked up, and get
0.0001 = 1.96*d/sqrt(n)
Substitute the standard deviation that we were given and
0.0001 = 1.96*0.001/sqrt(n)
0.0001 = 0.00196/sqrt(n)
Solve for n
0.0001*sqrt(n) = 0.00196
sqrt(n) = 19.6
n = 4.427188724
Since you can't have a fractional value for n, then n should be at least 5 for a 95% confidence interval that the measured mean is within 0.0001 grams of the correct mass.</span>
