What is the authors’ purpose in this passage? to inform the reader that Louisiana had fewer enslaved people than other slave sta
tes did to inform the reader that Louisiana's hot weather hastened the sugar harvest to a few months to inform the reader that life for enslaved people improved when sugar mills became powered by steam to inform the reader that Louisiana's short harvest season meant that enslaved people were cruelly overworked
You just put the numbers in order from least to greatest and its the middle one. if there's an even amount of numbers, you add the middle two and divide by 2