The question tells us that the median of the 13 logs in shipment x is 84 inches. This implies that the length of the seventh log, when all logs are arranged in ascending order, is 84.
The question also tells us that the median of the 21 logs in shipment y is 85 inches. This implies that the length of the 12th log, when all logs are arranged in ascending order of length, is 85 inches.
Now, two longest logs are shifted from shipment y to shipment x. We need to find the median length of the 15 logs in shipment x.
1. This tells is the length of the longest two logs transferred. However, to find the median of the fifth log, we need to know the length of the 8th log which must be greater than 84 inches. However, we cannot be sure of its length. Hence, INSUFFICIENT.
2. This tells us that the longest log is shipment x has a length of 90 inches. However, this does not tell us the lengths of the logs longer than 84 inches. Hence, INSUFFICIENT.
Together, the statements still do not tell us anything about the length of the 8th log in shipment X so still insufficient.
Answer:E
thinktank wrote:
The median length of the 13 logs in shipment x was 84 inches, and the median length of the 21 logs in shipment y was 85 inches. If the two longest logs in shipment Y were transferred to shipment X, what would be the median length, in inches, of the 15 logs in shipment X after the transfer?
1) The two logs transferred had lengths of 91 and 92 inches, respectively.
2) The longest log that was in shipment x before the transfer had length 90 inches.
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