2019 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 13
- The following problem is from both the 2019 AMC 10B #13 and 2019 AMC 12B #7, so both problems redirect to this page.
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Problem
What is the sum of all real numbers 
for which the median of the numbers 
and is equal to the mean of those five numbers?
Solution
The mean is 
.
There are three possibilities for the median: it is either 
, 
, or .
Let's start with .
has solution 
, and the sequence is 
, which does have median , so this is a valid solution.
Now let the median be .
gives 
, so the sequence is 
, which has median , so this is not valid.
Finally we let the median be .
, and the sequence is 
, which has median . This case is therefore again not valid.
Hence the only possible value of is 
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See Also
| 2019 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 12 |
Followed by Problem 14 | |
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| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
| 2019 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 6 |
Followed by Problem 8 |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
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