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Consider the following 8 numbers, where one labelled

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AlladinOne [14]3 years ago

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<h3>Answers: x = -17 and x = 64</h3>

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Explanation

Consider three scenarios:

A) The value of x is the smallest of the set (aka the min)
B) The value of x is the largest of the set (aka the max)
C) The value of x is neither the min, nor the max. So 8 < x < 39.

These scenarios cover all the possible cases of what x could be. It's either the min, the max, or somewhere in between the min and max.

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We'll start with scenario A.

If x is the min, then that must mean 39 is the max as it's the largest of the set {18, 36, 16, 39, 27, 8, 34}

The range is 56, so,

range = max - min

56 = 39 - x

56+x= 39

x = 39-56

x = -17 which is one possible answer

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If instead we go with scenario B, then x is the max and 8 is the min

range = max - min

56 = x - 8

56+8 = x

64 = x

x = 64 is the other possible answer

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Lastly, let's consider scenario C. If x is not the min or the max, then it's somewhere between the min 8 and max 39. in short, 8 < x < 39.

Note that range = max - min = 39-8 = 31 which is not the range of 56 that we want. So there's no way scenario C can be possible here.

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