Is it C?ern5231 wrote:In a group of numbers, the average is 20. What is the median?
1) 50% of the numbers are less than 20
2) 50% of the numbers are more than 20
We know neither of these statements individually sufficient
210 What is the Median?
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We know neither of these statements individually sufficient
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Even with both statements, we don't know the median. Our set might be {18,19,21,22}, and the median might be 20, or our set might be {13, 17, 21, 29}, and our median might be 19. So the answer is E.
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