SOLUTION: Seven students did a difficult test and six of their results are 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6. Workout the score of the seventh student ; i) If the mean is equal to the median? ii)If the

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Question 982900: Seven students did a difficult test and six of their results are 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6.
Workout the score of the seventh student ;
i) If the mean is equal to the median?
ii)If the mean is greater than 6.

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x=score of the seventh student
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i) If the mean is equal to the median?
median=5
mean=(4+4+5+5+5+6+x)/7=5
29+x=35
x=6
ANSWER: If the median=the mean, the 7th student scored 6.
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ii)If the mean is greater than 6.
mean=4+4+5+5+5+6+x/7>6
29+x>42
x>13
ANSWER: To increase the mean above 6, the 7th student must score higher than 13.