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| + | The mean of three numbers is <math>10</math> more than the least of the numbers and <math>15</math> | ||
| + | less than the greatest. The median of the three numbers is <math>5</math>. What is their | ||
| + | sum? | ||
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| + | <math>\text{(A)}\ 5\qquad \text{(B)}\ 20\qquad \text{(C)}\ 25\qquad \text{(D)}\ 30\qquad \text{(E)}\ 36</math> | ||
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| + | == Solution == | ||
| + | Let <math>m</math> be the mean of the three numbers. Then the least of the numbers is <math>m − 10</math> | ||
| + | and the greatest is <math>m + 15</math>. The middle of the three numbers is the median, 5. So | ||
| + | <math>\dfrac{1}{3}[(m-10) + 5 + (m + 15)] = m</math>, which implies that <math>m=10</math>. | ||
| + | Hence, the sum of the three numbers is <math>3(10) = 30</math>, and the answer is <math>\text{(D)}</math>. | ||
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| + | == See Also == | ||
| + | {{AMC12 box|year=2001|num-b=3|num-a=5}} | ||
Revision as of 14:13, 16 February 2008
Problem
The mean of three numbers is 
more than the least of the numbers and 
less than the greatest. The median of the three numbers is 
. What is their
sum?
Solution
Let 
be the mean of the three numbers. Then the least of the numbers is $m − 10$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
and the greatest is 
. The middle of the three numbers is the median, 5. So
![$\dfrac{1}{3}[(m-10) + 5 + (m + 15)] = m$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/a/c/cac4efd76d95dce2367e45a25811bc7142c1a3b8.png)
, which implies that 
.
Hence, the sum of the three numbers is 
, and the answer is 
.
See Also
| 2001 AMC 12 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 3 |
Followed by Problem 5 |
| 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 | |
