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For a continuous variable it is 0.5 but for a discrete variable the answer depends on the probability of the variable taking the mean value. It is half of the rest of the probability.

If the discrete variable X has mean m and Prob(X = m) is p

then Prob(X > m) = (1 - p)/2.

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