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prachi18oct
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If the numbers in a series are consecutive or are in A.P , the mean and median will always be equal ?
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For any evenly spaced set, the mean will equal the median. So that will be true for consecutive integers, or consecutive multiples of 2, or consecutive multiples of 5, etc.
(And will, of course, also be true for any set in which each term is exactly three more than the previous term.)
(And will, of course, also be true for any set in which each term is exactly three more than the previous term.)
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