A Level Maths Notes: S2 – Finding the Median of a Continuous Random Distribution
The median of a distributioin is the 'half way' point,
such that the probability of observing a value less than the median
equals the probability of observing a value greater than the
median
This
is illustrated below.
Concisely we solve
where
is
the lower limit of the range of![]()
Example: Find the median of the distribution given by![]()
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