Solution:
Step-1: Re-arrange the following data from biggest to smallest.
- 30, 10, 40, 20, 60, 50, 80, 70, 90
- => 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10
Step-2: Refer to the following:
1. If there is an even number of digits, you will use the formula:
- (Total number of digits)/2
2. If there is an odd number of digits, you will use the formula:
- (Total number of digits + 1)/2
Step-3: Find the median:
If we count the number of digits in the data, we can say that nine numbers are in this data. Thus, we will use the formula "(Total number of digits + 1)/2"
- => (Total number of digits + 1)/2 term
- => (9 + 1)/2 term
- => 10/2 term
- => 5th term
The fifth term of the group is the median.
Step-4: Review the "biggest to smallest" data.
- 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10
Since 50 is the 5th term, the median is 50.