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We can also see that they satisfy the need for the mode, median, and range to be 8. This means that the answer will be | We can also see that they satisfy the need for the mode, median, and range to be 8. This means that the answer will be | ||
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== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Revision as of 06:27, 25 February 2022
- The following problem is from both the 2002 AMC 12A #15 and 2002 AMC 10A #21, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
The mean, median, unique mode, and range of a collection of eight integers are all equal to 8. The largest integer that can be an element of this collection is
Solution 1
As the unique mode is 
, there are at least two s.
As the range is and one of the numbers is , the largest one can be at most 
.
If the largest one is , then the smallest one is , and thus the mean is strictly larger than , which is a contradiction.
If we have 2 8's we can add find the numbers 4, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 12. This is a possible solution but has not reached the maximum.
If we have 4 8's we can find the numbers 6, 6, 6, 8, 8, 8, 8, 14.
We can also see that they satisfy the need for the mode, median, and range to be 8. This means that the answer will be
. ~By QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM
See Also
| 2002 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 14 |
Followed by Problem 16 |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
| 2002 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 20 |
Followed by Problem 22 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
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