To find the median of a set of numbers, the first step is:
1 - Put the numbers in crescent order
This set of numbers is already in crescent order, so we can skip this step
2 - Count how many numbers there are in the set.
In our set we have 8 numbers, so in this case, the median of the set will be the average value between the two central numbers (that is, the fourth and fifth numbers)
The fourth number is 27, and the fifth number is 53, so the median is the average of these two numbers:
[tex]\text{median = }\frac{(27\text{ + 53)}}{2}=\frac{80}{2}=40[/tex]So the median of this set of numbers is 40.
