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a,b,c,d,e

For the list of numbers above there is exactly one mode. Is the range of the list greater than the mode of the list?

(1) At least one of the numbers in the list is negative.

(2) At least one of the numbers in the list is zero.


Hi,

First the terms..
1) Mode.... Number which occurs max time in the set
2) Median is the middle value.
3) Mean is the average of all numbers
4) Range is the difference between largest and smallest value


Let's see the statements..
(1) At least one of the numbers in the list is negative.
Even if we take the largest number to be the mode, RANGE will be "this number Minus some negative number".
Let the negative number be -a. Thus range will be = Mode-(-a)=mode+a

Say all the numbers are NEGATIVE, then the mode will be negative while range will be positive. Again range>mode..

Sufficient

(2) At least one of the numbers in the list is zero.
Two cases ..
Mode is the largest number and smallest number is 0.. range =mode-0=mode..
If mode is any other number except the largest.. range will be more than mode..
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Is it necessary for the numbers to be integers?
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Is it necessary for the numbers to be integers?

For this particular questions nothing limits the list to have non-integer elements.
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Is it necessary for the numbers to be integers?

For this particular questions nothing limits the list to have non-integer elements.

How about a case where all numbers are negative and same? a = b = c = d = e = -1.

Or for 2

A case where all numbers are 0?

IMO the answer should be E. But Veritas claims it's A.
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Is it necessary for the numbers to be integers?

For this particular questions nothing limits the list to have non-integer elements.

How about a case where all numbers are negative and same? a = b = c = d = e = -1.

Or for 2

A case where all numbers are 0?

IMO the answer should be E. But Veritas claims it's A.

You are not going to the end.

What is the answer to the question if a = b = c = d = e = -1? What is the answer to the question for other possible sets in (1)?
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Bunuel How do we decide the cases here? Like how did we decide to take examples, there are too many combinations possible?
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