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A set of 1522 numbers has a single mode. If the mode repeats 12 times and if no number occurs fewer than 2 times, what is the range of the number of unique numbers that could be in the set?

A. 128
B. 139
C. 552
D. 617
E. 756


Let’s determine the smallest number of numbers. First, we know that the mode is a single value that repeats 12 times, so we subtract 12 from 1522.

1522 - 12 = 1510

Of these 1510 numbers, we want to find as many of them that repeat 11 times.

1510/11 = 137 remainder 3

To summarize, then, we can have 1 number that is the mode (which repeats 12 times), 137 other numbers that repeat 11 times each, and 1 more number that repeats 3 times. So the smallest number of unique numbers in the set is 1 + 137 + 1 = 139.

Let’s determine the largest number of numbers.

1522 - 12 = 1510

1510/2 = 755

So we can have 12 numbers that are exactly the mode and 755 other numbers that repeat 2 times each. So the largest number of unique numbers in the set is 756 numbers.

Thus, the range is 756 - 139 = 617.

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A set of 1522 numbers has a single mode. If the mode repeats 12 times and if no number occurs fewer than 2 times, what is the range of the number of unique numbers that could be in the set?

A. 128
B. 139
C. 552
D. 617
E. 756

Note the question is asking for the RANGE of unique numbers in the set. Thus we need to find both the maximum and the minimum number of terms.
(Also for clarity, repeats 12 times = occurs 12 times).

The maximum # of numbers: 1522-12=1510. If we minimize the # of occurrence per number to 2 times, we maximize the # of numbers to 1510/2 + 1 = 756

The minimum # of numbers: 1522-12=1510. If we maximize the # of occurrence per number to 11 times, we maximize the # of numbers to 1510/11 + 1 = 137 3/11 + 1 = 139 unique numbers (137 with 11 repeats, 1 with 3, and the mode)

Finally 756 - 139 = a number ending in 7, so we can choose D.
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