Hi,
I'm sure there's a reason for this, but could someone point out an example?
Question in GMATPrep test #2:
Set S consists of 5 consecutive integers and set T consists of 7 consecutive integers. Is the median of the numbers in set S equal to the median of the numbers in Set T?
1. the median of the set of numbers in S is 0
2. the sum of the numbers of Set S is equal to the sum of numbers in Set T
The answer is C. I thought it was B.
My rationale:
If the sum of Set S and Set T are equal, I see no other way (because T has 2 more numbers), and both sets are consecutive, other than the fact that T must have negative or 0 numbers. Since the set it consecutive, there must be a 0 in the set, and there must be at least 1 negative.
I can't think of any examples except where the median of both sets are centered around 0 for which the sum of numbers in Set S are equal to T. So I thought the answer was "B".
What am I missing?
I'm sure there's a reason for this, but could someone point out an example?
Question in GMATPrep test #2:
Set S consists of 5 consecutive integers and set T consists of 7 consecutive integers. Is the median of the numbers in set S equal to the median of the numbers in Set T?
1. the median of the set of numbers in S is 0
2. the sum of the numbers of Set S is equal to the sum of numbers in Set T
The answer is C. I thought it was B.
My rationale:
If the sum of Set S and Set T are equal, I see no other way (because T has 2 more numbers), and both sets are consecutive, other than the fact that T must have negative or 0 numbers. Since the set it consecutive, there must be a 0 in the set, and there must be at least 1 negative.
I can't think of any examples except where the median of both sets are centered around 0 for which the sum of numbers in Set S are equal to T. So I thought the answer was "B".
What am I missing?
