2005 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 9
- The following problem is from both the 2005 AMC 12B #9 and 2005 AMC 10B #19, so both problems redirect to this page.
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Problem
On a certain math exam, 
of the students got 
points, 
got 
points, 
got 
points, 
got 
points, and the rest got 
points. What is the difference between the mean and the median score on this exam?
Solution
To begin, we see that the remaining 
of the students got points. Assume that there are 
students; we see that 
students got points, 
students got points, 
students got points, 
students got points, and 
students got points. The median is , since the 
and 
terms are both . The mean is 
. The difference between the mean and median, therefore, is 
.
Solution 2
The remaining of the students got points.
The mean is equal to 
.
The score greater than or equal to 
of other scores is the median. Since 
scored or lower and the next scored , the median is . The difference between the mean and the median is .
~mobius247
See also
| 2005 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 18 |
Followed by Problem 20 | |
| 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 | ||
| 2005 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 8 |
Followed by Problem 10 |
| 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 | |
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