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sting8 wrote:
"x is subtracted from the 3 largest numbers"

But there is 10 which is the third largest number, thus should x be subtracted from 4 numbers, 10,10,13,21 ?

In such case mean should change, as x is subtracted 4 times, but added only 3 times.


That's a great point, and you're completely right - there's no way to know precisely how to interpret "x is subtracted from the three largest numbers" with this particular list, when two values are tied for 3rd-largest (it's also not a "Set", despite what the question says, since it has repeated values). It's a prep company question, and prep companies often don't design questions properly. This is one example of that.
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IanStewart Thanks for your reply
Looks like this is yet another classic case of "Stick to official stuff" ;)
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Re: In Set A above, if positive integer x is subtracted from the 3 largest [#permalink]
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sting8 wrote:
"x is subtracted from the 3 largest numbers"

But there is 10 which is the third largest number, thus should x be subtracted from 4 numbers, 10,10,13,21 ?

In such case mean should change, as x is subtracted 4 times, but added only 3 times.

If that is not the case, then how can we conclude x should be subtracted from only one 10, from the language in the question stem ?

Bunuel chetan2u please help



Yes, you are correct with your observation.
The question requires to be edited. Thank you
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Yes, you are correct with your observation.
The question requires to be edited. Thank you


If the question was correctly transcribed from the source, shouldn't it be left alone? If the question is edited, gmatclub is attributing to the source a question that the source didn't write, for one thing. For another, test takers might use questions on this forum to make decisions about which prep products to buy. If moderators edit company questions to make them better, test takers might think the company produces better questions than it actually does, and might be shocked to find a lot of errors when they buy the company's product.

Test takers who see this thread will presumably see the discussion about the error in the original question (assuming the question was transcribed correctly the first time, which I'm not sure of).
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chetan2u wrote:
Yes, you are correct with your observation.
The question requires to be edited. Thank you


If the question was correctly transcribed from the source, shouldn't it be left alone? If the question is edited, gmatclub is attributing to the source a question that the source didn't write, for one thing. For another, test takers might use questions on this forum to make decisions about which prep products to buy. If moderators edit company questions to make them better, test takers might think the company produces better questions than it actually does, and might be shocked to find a lot of errors when they buy the company's product.

Test takers who see this thread will presumably see the discussion about the error in the original question (assuming the question was transcribed correctly the first time, which I'm not sure of).


I would agree with you completely on both the accounts. However, what happens to students who do not go through discussions and use these questions for quiz only. The timer shows that 80% answered it correctly even though the OA was incorrect.
We can either tag them as questions of poor quality or find another way to give them the corrected version.

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