Difference between revisions of "2023 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 20"
Mathboy100 (talk | contribs) (Created blank page) |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | + | We have the set {3, 3, 8, 16, 28}. To double the range we must find the current range, which is <math>28 - 3 = 25</math>, to then the double is <math>2(25) = 50</math> Since we dont want to change the median we need to get a value greater than 8 (as 8 would change the mode) for the smaller and 53 is fixed for the larger as anything less than 3 is not beneficial to the optimization. So taking our optimal values of 53 and 7 we have an answer of <math>53 + 7 = \boxed{\text{(D)}60}</math> | |
| + | -apex304, SohumUttamchandani, wuwang2002, TaeKim | ||
Revision as of 18:14, 24 January 2023
We have the set {3, 3, 8, 16, 28}. To double the range we must find the current range, which is 
, to then the double is 
Since we dont want to change the median we need to get a value greater than 8 (as 8 would change the mode) for the smaller and 53 is fixed for the larger as anything less than 3 is not beneficial to the optimization. So taking our optimal values of 53 and 7 we have an answer of 
-apex304, SohumUttamchandani, wuwang2002, TaeKim
