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Set S contains more than one element. Is the range S bigger than its mean? A. Set S does not contain positive elements B. The median of the set S is negative
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Re: DS: Set (Mean, Median and Range) [#permalink]
20 Mar 2008, 22:48
BA. Set S does not contain positive elements S={-2,-1} ==> Range=1 > Mean=-1.5 but S={0,0} ==> Range=0 > Mean=0 insufficient. B. The median of the set S is negative Let X is the larger number in S and Y is the smallest number in S. If X<0 then Mean<0 but Range is always >=0 if X>=0 then Range>=X+1 but Mean is always < X sufficient.
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Re: DS: Set (Mean, Median and Range) [#permalink]
20 Mar 2008, 22:53
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A - Range is always positive. Since all elements are negative, mean will be negative and will always be lessthan range
B - Two scenarios - all elements are negative in which case range is always greaterthan mean. if half the elements are negative, mean will be either negative or lessthan the highest number which will be lessthan range again.
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Re: DS: Set (Mean, Median and Range) [#permalink]
20 Mar 2008, 22:55
sreehari wrote: D
A - Range is always positive. Since all elements are negative, mean will be negative and will always be lessthan range
B - Two scenarios - all elements are negative in which case range is always greaterthan mean. if half the elements are negative, mean will be either negative or lessthan the highest number which will be lessthan range again. does the question say "all elements of S are -ve"?
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Re: DS: Set (Mean, Median and Range) [#permalink]
20 Mar 2008, 22:57
GMAT TIGER wrote: any comment on walker's approach? sreehari wrote: D
A - Range is always positive. Since all elements are negative, mean will be negative and will always be lessthan range
B - Two scenarios - all elements are negative in which case range is always greaterthan mean. if half the elements are negative, mean will be either negative or lessthan the highest number which will be lessthan range again. My understanding is, by definition set contains unique elements. And the questons said S has morethan one element. So for A, S must have contain negative number.
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Re: DS: Set (Mean, Median and Range) [#permalink]
20 Mar 2008, 23:05
walker wrote: sreehari wrote: My understanding is, by definition set contains unique elements. And the questons said S has morethan one element. So for A, S must have contain negative number. I don't think so. Actually I checked Wikipedia when I ran into such situation before. Here is a copy and paste... Unlike a multiset, every element of a set must be unique; no two members may be identical. Now it's getting interesting... what is OA?
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Re: DS: Set (Mean, Median and Range) [#permalink]
20 Mar 2008, 23:06
I'd say D too
I don't think {0,0} can be considered as set with 2 elements
so in 1) the set must contain negative element(s)
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Re: DS: Set (Mean, Median and Range) [#permalink]
20 Mar 2008, 23:27
It is stange... in OG11th p.155 in Math Review the authors use a few times "set" to refer to lists of numbers with repetitions... I prefer OG
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Re: DS: Set (Mean, Median and Range) [#permalink]
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I found this: 7-t24270I understand that set has to be contain different numbers according to the Set Theory. But I'm not sure what exactly GMAT think about that. And how we can explain "free" use of "set" in OG..... Tiger, What is source of the question?
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Re: DS: Set (Mean, Median and Range) [#permalink]
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sreehari wrote: walker wrote: sreehari wrote: My understanding is, by definition set contains unique elements. And the questons said S has morethan one element. So for A, S must have contain negative number. I don't think so. Actually I checked Wikipedia when I ran into such situation before. Here is a copy and paste... Unlike a multiset, every element of a set must be unique; no two members may be identical. Now it's getting interesting... what is OA? wikipidia says {6, 11} is same as {11, 6} or as {6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 11, 11}. but do they ave same mean, range or median?
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Re: DS: Set (Mean, Median and Range) [#permalink]
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more info: OG11 PS#65 a list = a list of numbers with repetitions OG11 PS#212 a data set = a list of numbers with repetitions I confused  Any thoughts?
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Re: DS: Set (Mean, Median and Range) [#permalink]
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walker wrote: more info: OG11 PS#65 a list = a list of numbers with repetitions OG11 PS#212 a data set = a list of numbers with repetitions I confused Any thoughts? "data set" can indeed contain repetitions....but "set of numbers" never contain repetitions. as noted before, as sets all of the following are equal: {6,11} {6,6,11} {11,6} {11,6,11,6,6,6,11} the answer is D, and actually walker's brilliant and correct proof of why (2) is sufficient, works for (1) as well. I'll just repeat it in more general terms: let X be the maximal number in S. if X<0 then the mean is -ve and range is always +ve. if X>0 and if there is a -ve number in S, then range is bigger than X, but mean is always less than X both(1) and (2) in the question independently tells us that there is at least 1 negative element in S, and hence sufficient.
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Re: DS: Set (Mean, Median and Range) [#permalink]
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hobbit wrote: walker wrote: more info: OG11 PS#65 a list = a list of numbers with repetitions OG11 PS#212 a data set = a list of numbers with repetitions I confused Any thoughts? "data set" can indeed contain repetitions....but "set of numbers" never contain repetitions. as noted before, as sets all of the following are equal: {6,11} {6,6,11} {11,6} {11,6,11,6,6,6,11} the answer is D, and actually walker's brilliant and correct proof of why (2) is sufficient, works for (1) as well. I'll just repeat it in more general terms: let X be the maximal number in S. if X<0 then the mean is -ve and range is always +ve. if X>0 and if there is a -ve number in S, then range is bigger than X, but mean is always less than X both(1) and (2) in the question independently tells us that there is at least 1 negative element in S, and hence sufficient. hobbit has a very good point and walker has some OG examples. I also believe we should follow what OG says but here one doubt I have. Does the current gmat vender (Pearson VUE) follow OG rules? Since OG is not a product of Pearson VUE, how strictly it follows OG rules while crafting the real Gmat questions? OA: I have B and D, both, in my note.
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Re: DS: Set (Mean, Median and Range) [#permalink]
21 Mar 2008, 07:40
I haven't opened my OG yet, so can't comment on what's in there. But obviously if OG says duplication is allowed, that's what we should do in GMAT  Being from engineering background, I always considered set by definition as limited set of distinct objects, with an exception of list of numbers specifically listed in the problem (e.g {1,2,2,3,4}) in which case they are technically called multiset. Another example is something like a set defined by {x|1<=x<=10, x is even} - the correct way of interpreting this is to list down all even integers lessthan 10 {2,4,6,8,10}. It should not be assumed that it's an infinite list of elements. With that being said, I haven't seen any GMAT match question yet that refered a set as multiset, so probably it's not in GMAT's dictionary. So trust OG and move forward.
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