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by akhilsuhag » Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:12 am
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by GMATGuruNY » Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:16 am
Last month 15 homes were sold in town X. The average sale price of the homes were $150,000 & the median sale price was $130,000. Which of the following statements MUST be true?

1) At least one of the homes was sold for more than $165,000
2) At least one of the homes was sold for more than $130,000 & less than $150,000.
3) At least one of the homes was sold for less than $130,000.

(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II
(E) I and III
Try to prove that the answer choices DON'T have to be true.
To make the math easier, divide all the given numbers by 1000.

The sum of the 15 prices = 15*150 = 2250.
If it's possible to have a sum of 2250 without including a price below 130, we can eliminate III.
Since the median price is 130, it's possible that 14 of the homes were sold for 130 each.
The price of the 15th home would then be 2250 - 14*130 = 430, yielding the following list of prices:

130, 130....130, median=130, 130...130, 430.

Eliminate any answer choice that includes III, since the list above does not include a price below 130.
Eliminate C and E.

Eliminate any remaining answer choice that includes II, since the list above does not include a price between 130 and 150.
Eliminate B and D.

The correct answer is A.

Please note that by examining what we were trying to disprove, we were able to determine the correct answer by testing only one set of prices.
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by prateek_guy2004 » Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:29 pm
I was confused about the 2nd and 1st statement but yeah.......It should be 1 only..
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