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Five pieces of wood have an average.....

by rmyoungsc Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:51 pm

Five pieces of wood have an average (arithmetic mean) length of 124 centimeters and a median length of 140 centimeters. What is the maximum possible length, in centimeters, of the shortest piece of wood?

a) 90
b) 100
c) 110
d) 130
e) 140
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Re: Five pieces of wood have an average.....

by furtadovinod Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:35 am

rmyoungsc Wrote:Five pieces of wood have an average (arithmetic mean) length of 124 centimeters and a median length of 140 centimeters. What is the maximum possible length, in centimeters, of the shortest piece of wood?

a) 90
b) 100
c) 110
d) 130
e) 140


Dude, why don't you do a google search for your questions. You will notice that most of them have already been answered in the manhattan forums itself.
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Re: Five pieces of wood have an average.....

by rmyoungsc Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:41 pm

Dude, thanks.
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Re: Five pieces of wood have an average.....

by tm03 Mon Aug 31, 2009 1:53 am

I would go with B

Sum of the five pieces of wood would be 620 centimeters
if median length is 140 centimeters, maximum possible length of the shortest piece of wood would be 100.
100,100,140,140,140 total 620

I am not sure if its helpful or correct, however, I tried :) lets wait for an expert's answer
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Re: Five pieces of wood have an average.....

by anoo.anand Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:05 pm

total wt = 620

x + y + 140 + 140 + 140 = 620 ...for having the intial as max the later shud be minimum..


therefore >> x + y = 200

thus max possible = 100