SOLUTION: If half the range of the increasing sequence {11, A, 23, B, C, 68, 73] is equal to its median, what is the median of the sequence?

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Question 917644: If half the range of the increasing sequence {11, A, 23, B, C, 68, 73] is equal to its median, what is the median of the sequence?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Range = max - min

Range = 73 - 11

Range = 62

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The median is the middlemost number. Since B is the middlemost number, this means B = 31 and the median is 31 (we're told that " half the range of the increasing sequence is equal to its median").