There are 10 numbers, 70, 70, 80, 80, 80,...100. If each of the smallest 5 numbers plus x and each of the largest 5 numbers minus y, what is the difference between the average (arithmetic mean) of the original 10 numbers and the average (arithmetic mean) of the changed 10 numbers when x>y?
1) x+y=10
2) x-y=4
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There are 10 numbers, 70, 70, 80, 80, 80,…100. If each of
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There are 10 numbers, 70, 70, 80, 80, 80,...100. If each of the smallest 5 numbers plus x and each of the largest 5 numbers minus y, what is the difference between the average (arithmetic mean) of the original 10 numbers and the average (arithmetic mean) of the changed 10 numbers when x>y?
1) x+y=10
2) x-y=4
Modify the original condition and the question, suppose sum of the first five numbers S1 and the last five numbers S2. It becomes [(S1+5x)+(S2-5y)]/10-(S1+S2)/10=5(x-y)/10 and you only need to know x-y. Therefore, the answer is B.
� Once we modify the original condition and the question according to the variable approach method 1, we can solve approximately 30% of DS questions.
There are 10 numbers, 70, 70, 80, 80, 80,...100. If each of the smallest 5 numbers plus x and each of the largest 5 numbers minus y, what is the difference between the average (arithmetic mean) of the original 10 numbers and the average (arithmetic mean) of the changed 10 numbers when x>y?
1) x+y=10
2) x-y=4
Modify the original condition and the question, suppose sum of the first five numbers S1 and the last five numbers S2. It becomes [(S1+5x)+(S2-5y)]/10-(S1+S2)/10=5(x-y)/10 and you only need to know x-y. Therefore, the answer is B.
� Once we modify the original condition and the question according to the variable approach method 1, we can solve approximately 30% of DS questions.
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