Seventeen candidates appeared in an examination. The marks of the candidates who failed in the examination are 10, 9, 6, 7, 8, 8, 7, 5, 4, 6. The median of marks of all seventeen candidates is

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Correct Answer: 9. * Seventeen candidates appeared in an examination, * The marks of failed students are- 10, 9, 6, 7, 8, 8, 7, 5, 4, 6 * Lets say the marks of remaining 7 students are- x 1 , x 2 , x 3 , x 4 , x5, x 6 , x 7 * Arranging all of them in ascending order we will get- 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, x 1 , x 2 , x 3 , x 4 , x5, x 6 , x 7 * We know that median of marks will be = (17 th +1) / 2 term = 9 th term = 9 * Hence C is correct answer.

Seventeen candidates appeared in an examination. The marks of the candidates who failed in the examination are 10, 9, 6, 7, 8, 8, 7, 5, 4, 6. The median of marks of all seventeen candidates is

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