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represent the number of outages each month during the past year:4 5 3 4 2 1 0 3 2 7 2 3What is the median number of monthly power outages?- The Canadian Coast Guard has provided all of its auxiliary members with a list of 14 safety items (flares, fire
extinguishers, life jackets, fire buckets, etc.) that must be aboard each boat at all times. During a recent check
of 15 boats, the number of safety items that were aboard each boat was recorded as follows:
7 14 10 5 11 2 8 6 9 7 13 4 12 8 3What is the median number of safety items aboard the boats that were checked?- A teacher’s assistant who has been substituting has been recording her biweekly wages for the past 13 pay
periods. Her biweekly wages during this time were the following:
$700 $550 $760 $670 $500 $925 $600
$480 $390 $800 $850 $365 $525What is her median biweekly wage?