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by sanju09 » Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:34 am
We can take the letter 'N' as the median in the spelling LINGO if other constraints do not matter. If all the words, with or without meanings, constructed by all the letters in the word LANGUAGE are prepared and arranged in the dictionary order, then at which number in the dictionary order would the first word fall that has the letter 'A' as its median, given that the other constraints do not matter?
(A) 729
(B) 730
(C) 828
(D) 829
(E) 830
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by ajith » Fri Feb 26, 2010 5:04 am
sanju09 wrote:We can take the letter 'N' as the median in the spelling LINGO if other constraints do not matter. If all the words, with or without meanings, constructed by all the letters in the word LANGUAGE are prepared and arranged in the dictionary order, then at which number in the dictionary order would the first word fall that has the letter 'A' as its median, given that the other constraints do not matter?
(A) 729
(B) 730
(C) 828
(D) 829
(E) 830
Too Ambiguous, IMO

The logic behind selecting the median should be explained in words and not with an example. What happens to the median if the word has even no of letters? Once it is clear, I think question is doable.
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by sanju09 » Fri Feb 26, 2010 5:11 am
ajith wrote:
sanju09 wrote:We can take the letter 'N' as the median in the spelling LINGO if other constraints do not matter. If all the words, with or without meanings, constructed by all the letters in the word LANGUAGE are prepared and arranged in the dictionary order, then at which number in the dictionary order would the first word fall that has the letter 'A' as its median, given that the other constraints do not matter?
(A) 729
(B) 730
(C) 828
(D) 829
(E) 830
Too Ambiguous, IMO

The logic behind selecting the median should be explained in words and not with an example. What happens to the median if the word has even no of letters? Once it is clear, I think question is doable.
If an eight-lettered word containing two As has A as its median, how would it look like?
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by ajith » Fri Feb 26, 2010 5:17 am
sanju09 wrote: If an eight-lettered word containing two As has A as its median, how would it look like?
What Happens to the median when Two As are not adjacent is the question
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by sanju09 » Fri Feb 26, 2010 5:23 am
ajith wrote:
sanju09 wrote: If an eight-lettered word containing two As has A as its median, how would it look like?
What Happens to the median when Two As are not adjacent is the question
...then A cannot be the median.
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