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The average of 6 numbers in a set is equal to 0. What is the number of positive numbers in the set minus the number of negative numbers in the set? (1) Each of the positive numbers in the set equals 10. (2) Each of the negative numbers in the set equals –5.
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The average of 6 numbers in a set is equal to 0. What is the number of positive numbers in the set minus the number of negative numbers in the set?Since the average of 6 numbers in the set is equal to 0, then the sum of 6 numbers is also 0. Which means that the sum of the negative numbers must compensate the sum of the positive numbers. (1) Each of the positive numbers in the set equals 10. Not sufficient. (2) Each of the negative numbers in the set equals –5. Not sufficient. (1)+(2) The number of negative numbers (-5) must be twice the number of positive numbers (10). Possible cases are {-5, -5, -5, -5, 10, 10} and {-5, -5, 0, 0, 0, 10}. Thus the number of positive numbers minus the number of negative numbers could be either -2 or -1. Not sufficient. Answer: E.
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Bunuel wrote: The average of 6 numbers in a set is equal to 0. What is the number of positive numbers in the set minus the number of negative numbers in the set?
Since the average of 6 numbers in the set is equal to 0, then the sum of 6 numbers is also 0. Which means that the sum of the negative numbers must compensate the sum of the positive numbers.
(1) Each of the positive numbers in the set equals 10. Not sufficient.
(2) Each of the negative numbers in the set equals –5. Not sufficient.
(1)+(2) The number of negative numbers (-5) must be twice the number of positive numbers (10). Possible cases are {-5, -5, -5, -5, 10, 10} and {-5, -5, 0, 0, 0, 10}. Thus the number of positive numbers minus the number of negative numbers could be either -2 or -1. Not sufficient.
Answer: E. If "Each of the positive numbers in the set equals 10" and "Each of the negative numbers in the set equals -5", don't you think we have gotten our answer?
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knightofdelta wrote: Bunuel wrote: The average of 6 numbers in a set is equal to 0. What is the number of positive numbers in the set minus the number of negative numbers in the set?
Since the average of 6 numbers in the set is equal to 0, then the sum of 6 numbers is also 0. Which means that the sum of the negative numbers must compensate the sum of the positive numbers.
(1) Each of the positive numbers in the set equals 10. Not sufficient.
(2) Each of the negative numbers in the set equals –5. Not sufficient.
(1)+(2) The number of negative numbers (-5) must be twice the number of positive numbers (10). Possible cases are {-5, -5, -5, -5, 10, 10} and {-5, -5, 0, 0, 0, 10}. Thus the number of positive numbers minus the number of negative numbers could be either -2 or -1. Not sufficient.
Answer: E. If "Each of the positive numbers in the set equals 10" and "Each of the negative numbers in the set equals -5", don't you think we have gotten our answer? I don't understand your question. Solution gives two possible sets which gives two different answers to the question. Therefore the answer is E.
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Bunuel wrote: knightofdelta wrote: Bunuel wrote: The average of 6 numbers in a set is equal to 0. What is the number of positive numbers in the set minus the number of negative numbers in the set?
Since the average of 6 numbers in the set is equal to 0, then the sum of 6 numbers is also 0. Which means that the sum of the negative numbers must compensate the sum of the positive numbers.
(1) Each of the positive numbers in the set equals 10. Not sufficient.
(2) Each of the negative numbers in the set equals –5. Not sufficient.
(1)+(2) The number of negative numbers (-5) must be twice the number of positive numbers (10). Possible cases are {-5, -5, -5, -5, 10, 10} and {-5, -5, 0, 0, 0, 10}. Thus the number of positive numbers minus the number of negative numbers could be either -2 or -1. Not sufficient.
Answer: E. If "Each of the positive numbers in the set equals 10" and "Each of the negative numbers in the set equals -5", don't you think we have gotten our answer? I don't understand your question. Solution gives two possible sets which gives two different answers to the question. Therefore the answer is E. It seems like combining (1) and (2) will only provide the first set in your solution i.e. {-5, -5, -5, -5, 10, 10}. Where did you get the zeros in {-5, -5, 0, 0, 0, 10} when each of the negative number is -5 and each of the positive number is 10?
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knightofdelta wrote: Bunuel wrote: knightofdelta wrote:
If "Each of the positive numbers in the set equals 10" and "Each of the negative numbers in the set equals -5", don't you think we have gotten our answer?
I don't understand your question. Solution gives two possible sets which gives two different answers to the question. Therefore the answer is E. It seems like combining (1) and (2) will only provide the first set in your solution i.e. {-5, -5, -5, -5, 10, 10}. Where did you get the zeros in {-5, -5, 0, 0, 0, 10} when each of the negative number is -5 and each of the positive number is 10? Zero is neither negative nor positive number. Now consider {-5, -5, 0, 0, 0, 10}: each of the positive numbers in the set equals 10 and each of the negative numbers in the set equals –5. Hope it's clear.
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