Bids were placed in a silent auction for a sword reputed to have been used at the Battle of Hastings,?

Question

worth a reported 20,000. The respective 9bids (in thousands of dollars) placed by the bidders were as follows:

22,16,22,22,26,17,22,28,26

What is the mean?

What is the median?

How many modes?

Answer 1

Is that some street gang in Hastings, Minnesota.

Add up your numbers (remembering they are in 10^3$) and divide by 9 for the mean (you don't have to round to the nearest K$).  The median is the 5th highest (or lowest) if they are ranked in magnitude (if a value is repeated that's OK, make sure you have 9 values in your ranking) .   The mode is the bid with the most repeats; a secondary mode may exist if another bid is repeated.  

Answer 2

There actually is a Homework section, you know.  That is not what this section is for.