A certain grocery store has 5 checkout lanes. The table above shows

Question

Lane Number 
 Number in Line 
 
  1 
 5 
 
  2 
 4 
 
  3 
 3 
 
  4 
 4 
 
  5 
 2

A certain grocery store has 5 checkout lanes. The table above shows the number of people who were waiting in line at each checkout lane at closing time yesterday. What was the median number of people waiting in line?

(A)   2\frac{4}{5}  
(B)   3  
(C)   3\frac{1}{2}  
(D)   3\frac{3}{5}  
(E)   4

DanTheGMATMan · Answer

No sweat. Just get the median in the list by marking off lowest, highest etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZIJYixNgLk

Bunuel · Answer

Sorting the lanes by the number of people in line, we get:

2 (Lane 5), 3 (Lane 3),  4  (Lane 2), 4 (Lane 4), 5 (Lane 1)

The median is the middle value in this ordered list, which is 4.

Answer: E.

GMATinsight · Answer

CONCEPT: Median is the middle term when the terms are arranged in ascending or descending order

Arranging the number of people in line in ascending order {2, 3, 4, 4, 5}

Middle term = 4 = Median

Answer: Option E

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