From the above dot plot, find the median of the annual number of unemployed peop

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From the above dot plot, find the median of the annual number of unemployed people in the U.S. between 1983 and 1993 in millions of people

Data are in millions! thanks

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) records data on variables related to the U.S. economy, including the number of unemployed people during each year. The following dot plot displays the annual numbers of unemployed people between 1983 and 1993 as reported by the BLS. Each value is reported in units of millions of people. Scroll 10 12 Number unemployed (in millions)

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Since we know that
Median for a list of even number of data point is the mean of 2 middle most values if we sort the list in increasing order while for a list of odd number it is the middle most value if the list is sorted in increasing order.
Since our list have odd number of data points, this implies that
Median = 8.0
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