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The following table shows the number of employees and their median age in eight companies located in a district.
It is known that the age of all employees are integers. It is known that the age of every employee in A is strictly less than the age of every employee in B, the age of every employee in B is strictly less than the age of every employee in C, ..., the age of every employee in G is strictly less than the age of every employee in H.
The median age of employees across the eight companies is:
Correct Answer: 45
The total number of employees across all the 8 companies is 32+28+43+39+35+29+23+16=245.
The age of the $$\left(\frac{245}{2}+1\right)^{th\ }ie\ 123^{rd}$$ employee will be the median of the data set, when they all are arranged in ascending order.Â
The total number of employees in companies A, B, and CÂ together is 103, and the total number of employees in A, B, C and D is 142.
This means the 123rd employee should be in company D; and then arranged in ascending order he would be the (123-103)=20th employee in the company.
Now, for company D , the total number of employees is 39, which means the median age of the company will be the age of the $$\left(\frac{39+1}{2}\right)^{th\ }ie\ 20^{th}$$ employee, which is given to be 45.
So the age of the 123rd employee, when all the companies are considered together, is 45, which will be the required median.Â
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