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Of a list of numbers, 16.5% are greater than 40, and 33.33% 27 Nov 2005, 03:22
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Of a list of numbers, 16.5% are greater than 40, and 33.33% of them greater than 35 are more than 40. Which of the following may be the median?
I) 34
II) 35
III) 36
A) I
B) I and II
C) II and III
D) I, II and III
E) None



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Of a list of numbers, 16.5% are greater than 40, and 33.33% 27 Nov 2005, 12:42
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if may be, then it should be (I) and (II).
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Of a list of numbers, 16.5% are greater than 40, and 33.33% 27 Nov 2005, 13:21
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B) as well...16,5 % of total numbers = 33,33 % of numbers over 35 => 49,5 % = numbers over 35. that means that the median is not over 35 !
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Of a list of numbers, 16.5% are greater than 40, and 33.33% 04 Dec 2005, 09:07
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I don't understand the Q, is it stated correctly?
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Of a list of numbers, 16.5% are greater than 40, and 33.33% 04 Dec 2005, 19:53
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Of a list of numbers, 16.5% are greater than 40, and 33.33% of them greater than 35 are more than 40. Which of the following may be the median?
I) 34
II) 35
III) 36
A) I
B) I and II
C) II and III
D) I, II and III
E) None
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I did not understand the bold part.
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Of a list of numbers, 16.5% are greater than 40, and 33.33% 04 Dec 2005, 23:46
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Of a list of numbers, 16.5% are greater than 40, and 33.33% of them greater than 35 are more than 40. Which of the following may be the median?
I) 34
II) 35
III) 36
A) I
B) I and II
C) II and III
D) I, II and III
E) None
I did not understand the bold part.
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okie (borrowing from laxi)................
16.5% of a given list of numbers are greater than 40. 33.33% of them (numbers greater than 35) are greater than 40. this means

16.5% of total = 33.33% of numbers greater than 35 are greater than 40.
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Of a list of numbers, 16.5% are greater than 40, and 33.33% 06 Dec 2005, 13:13
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can u explain how u got your answer, himalaya?
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Of a list of numbers, 16.5% are greater than 40, and 33.33% 06 Dec 2005, 15:20
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I or II.

16.5% are greater than 40, and this 16.5% of the total is 33.33 (1/3) of those numbers greater than 35. Therefore, the total number greater than 35 must be 3 *16.5% (49.5%). So numbers less than or equal to 35 must be potential candidates for the median.

Is this right?
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Of a list of numbers, 16.5% are greater than 40, and 33.33% 06 Dec 2005, 18:28
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can u explain how u got your answer, himalaya?
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remeber the question is not "must be". it is "may be" so it means could be.
if so, we can assume....
x % of total list of numbers > 35. x% must be less than 50%.

if x% is less than 50%, numbers 35 or less than 35 is more than 50%.
in that case, the possible median is/are 35 or smaller than 35.



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