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Question 1121365: The mean of a set of 7 different positive integers is 10. The median is 12. What is the maximum possible value of the largest number? Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! ABC(12)DEF are the integers
The total is 10*7=70
The largest number possible would occur when all the other integers are 1
That would be 5 integers with value 1, or 5.
plus 12 for the median, leaving 53 for the largest. ANSWER
