You have to put the numbers in order and find the middle value so in this case it's-
2, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8
The answer is $6
For this case, the first thing we must do is define a variable.
We have then:
x: unknown number
We now write the expression that models the problem:

From here, we clear the value of x.
We have then:




Answer:
4/9 divided by 1/27 equals 12
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The value of the second derivative for

is neither positive nor negative, so you can't tell whether this point is a minimum or a maximum. You need to check the values of the first derivative around the point.
But the value of

is always positive for

. That means at

there's neither minimum nor maximum.
The maximum must be then at either of the endpoints of the interval
![[-2,1]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5B-2%2C1%5D)
.
The function

is increasing in its entire domain, so the maximum value is at the right endpoint of the interval.