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The following frequency table shows the number of players on the Russian Bears volleyball team that have beeninjured for each match this year.Number of injured playersNumber of matchesFind the median number of injured players. Help me please​

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Answer:1.5Step-by-step explanation:The given table is Number of injured players                 Number of matches                0                                                            0                1                                                             2                2                                                            1                3                                                            0                4                                                            1Using the table, we can rewrite the given data as1, 1, 2, 4Here, the number of observation is 4, which is an even number.The median of an even number is[tex]Median=\dfrac{(\frac{n}{2})\text{th term}+(\frac{n}{2}+1)\text{th term}}{2}[/tex][tex]Median=\dfrac{(\frac{4}{2})\text{th term}+(\frac{4}{2}+1)\text{th term}}{2}[/tex][tex]Median=\dfrac{2\text{nd term}+3\text{rd term}}{2}[/tex]2nd term is 1 and third term is 2.[tex]Median=\dfrac{1+2}{2}[/tex][tex]Median=\dfrac{3}{2}[/tex][tex]Median=1.5[/tex]Therefore, the median number of injured players is 1.5.