Median is the middle number or the average of the middle numbers when two numbers happen to be in the middle of an ordered numbers. 12 and x happens to be in the middle and so the median is the average (the sum of the numbers divided by 2) of 12 and x The median is therefore calculated as: Now calculate for the value of x Every number is being divided by 1 We can therefore write the above equation as: You can cross multiply to solve for the value of x 1×(12+x)=14×2 12+x=28 x=28−12 x=16