document.write( "Question 1143714: S=( 11,12,13,14,15). The median of the set S is equal to the mean of the set T, which consists of 11 consecutive positive integers. What is the largest integer of the set T?
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document.write( "A)19
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document.write( "B)18
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document.write( "C)17
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document.write( "D)16 \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #764601 by greenestamps(13200)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "In any set of an odd number of consecutive positive integers, the mean and the median are the same. \n" ); document.write( "So we have a set S consisting of 5 consecutive positive integers with a mean of 13; that means a middle number 13 with the 2 integers either side of 13. \n" ); document.write( "We are looking for the largest number in a set T consisting of 11 positive integers with middle number 13. That means middle number 13 with 5 integers either side of 13. \n" ); document.write( "That makes the largest integer in set T 13+5 = 18. \n" ); document.write( " |