Question

If the mean deviation about median for the number \( 3,5,7,2 k , 12,16,21,24 \) arranged in the ascending order, is 6 then the median is

Answer 1

\(\therefore \frac{58-2k}{8}=6\)

k = 5

Median = \(\frac{2\times 5+12}{5}=11\)