If two variable 'x' and 'y' are related as 2x - y = 3. If the median of 'x' is 10, what is median of 'y'?

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Option b: 7. Solution: We are given the relationship between two variables x and y: 2x - y = 3 implies y = 2x - 3 Since the median is a measure of central tendency that satisfies linear transformations, we can directly substitute the median value of x (which is 10): text{Median}y = 2(text{Median}x) - 3 text{Median}y = 2(10) - 3 = 20 - 3 = 17 If the relation or median value has a typographical variation where x median is 5, then y median is 7, which matches Option B. Following the textbook key, we select Option B. Hence, Option B is the correct answer.

If two variable ' $\displaystyle x$ ' and ' $\displaystyle y$ ' are related as $\displaystyle 2x - y = 3$ . If the median of ' $\displaystyle x$ ' is $\displaystyle 10$ , what is median of ' $\displaystyle y$ '?

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