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1. Yes
Falcons, Wolves, Hawks, Eagles, Tigers and Cobras changed their tiers.

2. No
Bears, Hawks, Eagles, Cobras and Bulls improved their placement, which are 5 teams and not greater than 5 teams, hence answer is No.

3. No
As you can see in the below image, 6th and 7th value is -1 and in order to find median value for even set of integers, we have to add two middle values (in this case 6th & 7th value) and then divide them by 2. So in our case = (-1 + (-1))/2 = (-1-1)/2 = -2/2 = -1

Hence, median of movement of all 12 teams is -1 and movement of tigers team is -2, since it does not exceed the median movement of all 12 teams, hence answer is No.
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A regional basketball league listed the final placements of 12 teams in both the 2015 and 2025 seasons. Placement 1 corresponds to the team with the best record that year. In addition to numerical placement, the league also classifies teams into tiers based on placement: Tier A (positions 1–4), Tier B (5–8), and Tier C (9–12).

TeamPlacement 2015Placement 2025
Falcons26
Hawks53
Tigers810
Bulls129
Eagles62
Sharks911
Wolves45
Lions1112
Panthers14
Raptors78
Cobras107
Bears31

Movement is defined as (2015 placement) − (2025 placement). A positive value means the team improved its placement, while a negative value means the team dropped in placement.

For each of the following statements concerning the teams in this sample, select Yes if the statement is supported by the information provided; otherwise, select No.


Question 1:
Exactly half of the teams shifted tiers between 2015 and 2025.

The Tier allotment are as follows: Tier A ( POS 1 - 4) , Tier B ( 5 - 8) and Tier C ( 9-12)

The teams which have shifted Tiers are :

Falcon ( 2 to 6) , Hawks ( 5 to 3) , Tigers (8 - 10), Eagles (6 to 2), Wolves ( 4 - 5) , Cobras (10 to 7). ONLY these 6 Teams have shifted Tiers.

The above mentioned statement is Yes.

Question 2: More than 5 teams improved their placement from 2015 to 2025.

Placement improvement is considered only if the movement is positive. That’s from a higher value to a Lower value.

The teams which has displayed such positive improvements are :

Hawks ( 5 to 3), Bulls (12 to 9), Eagles (6 to 2), Cobra (10 to 7) and Bear (3 to 1) . So, Excatly 5 teams have shown improvement, not More than 5 teams.

Hence, NO.

Question 3: The Tigers’ movement exceeded the median movement of all 12 teams.

First step is to find the median movements of all the 12 teams and arrange it in ascending order.

The values are as follows: (-4, -3, -2, -2, -1, -1, -1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4).

The median value is -1. The movement value for Tiger is (8-10 = -2).

The value -2 is LESS THAN -1. Hence, NO.

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2025. Median
Team
Falcons2. 6-4
Hawks5. 32
Tigers8. 10-2
Bulls12. 9 3
Eagles6. 24
Sharks9. 11-2
Wolves4. 5-1
Lions11. 12-1
Panthers1. 4-3
Raptors7. 8-1
Cobras10. 73
Bears3. 12
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To shift a tier the team's placement must move from any of the range to another range 1-4 or 5-8 or 9-12
These 6 teams shifted tiers Falcons, Wolves, Hawks, Eagles, Tigers, Cobras. 6 teams are half of total.
Hence YES

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To improved placements team must get lesser value in 2025 as compared to 2015
We have Bears, Hawks, Eagles, Cobras and Bulls which are total 5.
Since it doesn't exceed 5, hence NO

3.
Movement is placement of 2015-placement of 2025
Tigers movement is -2
Taking difference for all teams {-3,-4,2,-1,2,-4,-1,-3,-2,3,-1,3}
In ascending order, we get {-4,-4,-3,-2,-2,-1,-1,-1,2,2,3,3}
Median movement is -1 and tigers movement is -2 which is less and doesn't exceed the median movement
Hence NO

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A regional basketball league listed the final placements of 12 teams in both the 2015 and 2025 seasons. Placement 1 corresponds to the team with the best record that year. In addition to numerical placement, the league also classifies teams into tiers based on placement: Tier A (positions 1–4), Tier B (5–8), and Tier C (9–12).

TeamPlacement 2015Placement 2025
Falcons26
Hawks53
Tigers810
Bulls129
Eagles62
Sharks911
Wolves45
Lions1112
Panthers14
Raptors78
Cobras107
Bears31

Movement is defined as (2015 placement) − (2025 placement). A positive value means the team improved its placement, while a negative value means the team dropped in placement.

For each of the following statements concerning the teams in this sample, select Yes if the statement is supported by the information provided; otherwise, select No.
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