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The weights (in Kg) of 15 students of a class are:

38, 42, 35, 37, 45, 50, 32, 43, 43, 40, 36, 38, 43, 38, 47

(a) Find the mode and median of this data.

(b) Is there more than one mode?

Answer:

The weights (in kg) of 15 students of a class are :

38, 42, 35, 37, 45, 50, 32, 43, 43, 40, 36, 38, 43, 38, 47

Ascending order = 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 38, 38, 40, 42, 43, 43, 43, 45, 47, 50

(a) Mode = 38 and 43

Median = 40.

(b) Yes, there is more than one mode, i.e. 43. 2