2013 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 5
Problem
Hammie is in the grade and weighs 106 pounds. His quadruplet sisters are tiny babies and weigh 5, 5, 6, and 8 pounds. Which is greater, the average (mean) weight of these five children or the median weight, and by how many pounds?
Solution
Listing the elements from least to greatest, we have , we see that the median weight is 6 pounds. The average weight of the five kids is .
Hence,
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