1994 AHSME Problems/Problem 24
Problem
A sample consisting of five observations has an arithmetic mean of 
and a median of 
. The smallest value that the range (largest observation minus smallest) can assume for such a sample is
Solution
The minimum range occurs in the set 
, so the answer is 
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