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Re: Is the average of X consecutive integers odd? [#permalink]
Hi Bunuel , Can you explain how B is correct answer.

I did as -

1+ 2 = 3 > odd and avg 1.5 so answer is No
1+2+3+4+5 = 15 > odd , avg = 3 , so Y
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Re: Is the average of X consecutive integers odd? [#permalink]
How is B the correct answer ? I got E :shock:
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Re: Is the average of X consecutive integers odd? [#permalink]
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How is B the correct answer ? I got E :shock:


Here is what I can think of:
taking 4 cases
first start with odd number, and take number of terms as even and odd:
3,4,5,6 => sum 18
3,4,5 => sum 12

first start with even number, and take number of terms as even and odd:
4,5,6,7 => sum 22
4,5,6 => sum 15

only one case, when I start with even and take odd number of terms I get odd sum.
and therefore average will also be odd.

Statement B
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Re: Is the average of X consecutive integers odd? [#permalink]
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shonakshi wrote:
How is B the correct answer ? I got E :shock:


Here is what I can think of:
taking 4 cases
first start with odd number, and take number of terms as even and odd:
3,4,5,6 => sum 18
3,4,5 => sum 12

first start with even number, and take number of terms as even and odd:
4,5,6,7 => sum 22
4,5,6 => sum 15

only one case, when I start with even and take odd number of terms I get odd sum.
and therefore average will also be odd.

Statement B


Dude, the correct answer is E, not B.
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Re: Is the average of X consecutive integers odd? [#permalink]
Bunuel wrote:
Is the average of X consecutive integers odd?

(1) The first number in the sequence is odd.
(2) The sum of the numbers is odd.


damn, took ~2 mins to test all the options...
1. (1+2+3)/3 = 2 no and (1+2+3+4+5)/5=3 yes
A and D are out.

2. 2+3+4 = 9. 9/3 =3 odd yes.
3+4+5 = 12. 12/3 = 4 even no

B is out.
so it's either D or E. at least 50% probability of getting the right answer is better than 20% :)

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first number is odd, and sum is odd.
1+2 = 3. 3/2 = 1.5 non-integer. NO.
3+4+5+6+7 = 25. 25/5 = 5. yes.

since 1+2 yields different outcomes, E is the answer.
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Re: Is the average of X consecutive integers odd? [#permalink]
The sum of consecutive integers is odd.

Given, sum is odd. Thus the number of terms is odd. So first + last = even + even = even

Or odd + odd = even.

Thus even/ 2 can be either even or odd.


So B cannot give the answer.

Now A states first term is odd . So last term is odd as well from B.

So odd + odd divided by 2 is odd. So the average is odd.
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Re: Is the average of X consecutive integers odd? [#permalink]
I think I found my mistake.

I go with E.

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Re: Is the average of X consecutive integers odd? [#permalink]
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The answer will be either yes or no

Translation
In order to find the answer, we need
1# exact value of average
2# sum of the numbers as well as number of numbers
3# all the numbers in the set

Statement analysis
St 1: we take 2 set.(3,4,5) and (3,9,15). The average for 1st is 4 and second is 9. INSUFFICIENT
St 2: sum is odd. If sum is divided by odd integer it might yield an odd integer or a fraction and if it is divided by even integer, it will yield a fraction. INSUFFICIENT

St 1 & St2: take (3,9,15) and (3,9,13). The average will be 9 and 8.33. INSUFFICIENT

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