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Using data from 1944 through 2000, the histogram shows the number of years that had a particular number of hurricanes reaching the East Coast of the U.S. For example, in 14 of those years there was exactly one hurricane each year that reached the East Coast of the U.S. What is the median number of hurricanes per year reaching the East Coast from 1944 through 2000?

[asy]
size(150);
real textsize = 10*pt;
real w = 1;
draw((0,17)--(0,0)--(18,0),linewidth(w));
for(int i = 1; i <= 17; ++i)

if(i != 5 && i != 10 && i != 15)

draw(shift(i*up)*((0,0)--(18,0)));

else

draw(shift(i*up)*((0,0)--(18,0)),linewidth(w));
for(int i = 0; i < 17; ++i)

draw(shift(i*up)*((-.3,1)--(.3,1)),linewidth(w));
label(rotate(90)*"\textbf{Number of Years}",(-3.5,17/2),fontsize(textsize));
for(int i = 1; i<4; ++i)

label("\textbf{"+string(5i)+"}",(0,5i),left,fontsize(textsize));
for(int i = 0; i<4; ++i)

label("\textbf{"+string(2i)+"}",(4i+2,0),S,fontsize(textsize));
label("\textbf{Number of Hurricanes}",(9,-3),fontsize(textsize));

void bar(int barnumber,int height)
{filldraw((2barnumber -1 ,0)--(2barnumber-1,height)--(2barnumber + 1,height)--(2barnumber + 1,0)--cycle,gray(.6),black+linewidth(w));
}
bar(1,5); bar(2,14); bar(3,17); bar(4,12); bar(5,2); bar(6,4); bar(7,2); bar(8,1);
[/asy]

level

Level 5

type

Prealgebra

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0b7e6f08-54cb-5835-9592-cacd275e0896
task_key
prealgebra--test--0b7e6f08-54cb-5835-9592-cacd275e0896
task_revision_id
1
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