I am going to eliminate zeros from this to make it easier.
Ed…..680
Ann…450
Bob…360
Dot…210
Cal…190
You know the median is going to be the middle number because there are 5 people.
We know Cal’s sales are still less than Ann’s sales after they fix the error
We know the median after fixing the error is 330
The only way for the median to be 330 is if Ann or Bob have 330 total sales.
Bob at 330:
It would take 140 from Ann’s to make Cal’s 330. However, this would leave ann with 310 which would be less than Cal’s. Therefore, this is not possible.
Ann at 330:
It would take 120 away from Ann. Ann would have 330 and Cal would have 310.
This satisfies the criteria of the problem.
The answer would be 120. Hope this helps!
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dmateer25 on Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.