High School

A patient's temperature is recorded in degrees Fahrenheit every hour for 8 hours. The temperatures in Fahrenheit were 99.0, 99.2, 98.7, 99.3, 99.7, 98.6, 100.0, and 99.0.

What is the median temperature?

Answer :

Final answer:

The median temperature recorded is 99.1°F, found by listing all temperatures in ascending order and calculating the average of the middle two values.

Explanation:

The median temperature, we must first list the recorded temperatures in order: 98.6, 98.7, 99.0, 99.0, 99.2, 99.3, 99.7, 100.0. With an even number of observations (8 temperatures), the median is the average of the middle two values, which are 99.0 and 99.2 in this case.

Let's calculate the median:

  • Add the middle two numbers: 99.0 + 99.2 = 198.2
  • Divide by 2 to find the average: 198.2 / 2 = 99.1

The median temperature is 99.1°F.