The number of customers who visited a store each hour for a Saturday afternoon was recorded as follows: 25, 32, 18, 40, 28, 32, 21. What is the median number of customers?

A 28

B 30

C 32

D 40

✓ Correct Answer: Option A

First, order the data: 18, 21, 25, 28, 32, 32, 40. The median is the middle value in an ordered set. With 7 data points, the 4th value (28) is the median.

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The correct answer to the question "The number of customers who visited a store each hour for a Saturday afternoon was recorded as follows: 25, 32, 18, 40, 28, 32, 21. What is the median number of customers?" is Option A: 28.

The other options — B) 30, C) 32, D) 40 — are incorrect for this GED Exam Prep question. As explained above: First, order the data: 18, 21, 25, 28, 32, 32, 40. The median is the middle value in an ordered set. With 7 data points, the 4th value (28) is the median.

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The number of customers who visited a store each hour for a Saturday afternoon was recorded as follows: 25, 32, 18, 40, 28, 32, 21. What is the median number of customers?

✓ Correct Answer: Option A

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