2002 AMC 10A Problem 21
Problem 21 of 25HarderAlgebra
The mean, median, unique mode, and range of a collection of eight integers are all equal to The largest integer that can be an element of this collection is
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Solution
The sum is The collection has mean, median, unique mode, and range all equal to so is attainable.
If the largest were at least the range condition would make the smallest at least A mean of would then force all eight integers to equal contradicting the range.
If the largest were the range forces the smallest to be so all eight integers are at least The other seven then sum to forcing every one of them to equal But then the median and mode would be not a contradiction.
Thus, the correct answer is D.