<prompt> Find the median in the given list of numbers.9, 2, 7, 4, 1, 6, 8  <response>: The median of the given list of numbers 9, 2, 7, 4, 1, 6, 8 is 6.To find the median, you must first arrange the list of numbers in ascending order: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9.Since the given list of numbers contains an odd number of elements 7, the median is the middle element, which in this case is the 4th element 6. 