The median height of the players on my basketball team is 6 feet, A inches. What is the shortest that the tallest player on the team could possibly be?
The median height is the middle height when the players are put in order of height. The heights of all the players above the median could also be 6 feet A inches. So the shortest height of the tallest person is 6 feet A inches.
For a simple example, what is the median value of 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6. The answer is 6, the middle value.
