For a certain set of n numbers, where n > 2, is the average (arithmet

Hi anupamadw,

Many DS questions include some type of "test" of your thoroughness - in other words, "do you 'see' more than just the 'obvious' answer?"

Here, your understanding of the concepts is strong when you're focused on positive integers. But what happens when the integers are NOT positive.....?

You properly assessed Fact 1, so I won't rehash any of that work here. Notice how Fact 1 "restricted" you to POSITIVE, CONSECUTIVE, EVEN integers? NONE of those restrictions exist in Fact 2...

Consider this set of numbers: {-1, 0, 6, 6, 9}

The average of the group = 4
The average of the smallest and biggest = 4
The median of the group = 6
Here, the average is NOT = to the median, so the answer to the question is NO.

You already have some examples that show that the answer could be YES.
Fact 2 is INSUFFICIENT.

To be fair, most DS questions don't require that you do too much to "break" a pattern in the possible answers, but you have to be ready to consider more than just the obvious. Here, the "obvious" was "positive integers and no duplicates."

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