What combination of seven numbers has a mean of 45, median of 40, and a mode 50?
1 Answer
Oct 21, 2015
There are many possible solutions:
are two possibilities
Explanation:
Arranged in ascending order we know that the middle term must be
The sum of the terms must be
Two of the terms must be
So we have a requirement:
where
and
There are lots of solutions which meet this requirement.