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by shibal » Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:53 pm
A list of measurements in increasing order is 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, and x. If median of the measurements is 6/7 times the mean, what is the value of x?

i get 15 oa 16

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by truplayer256 » Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:00 pm
4,5,6,8,10,x

Median= 6+8/2=14/2=7

7=6/7(33+x/6)

49=33+x

x=16