Anjana has 4 pencil in her box. Their average length is 10cm. Which of the following is NOT POSSIBLE? A) The shortest pencil in

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Anjana has 4 pencil in her box. Their average length is 10cm. Which of the following is NOT POSSIBLE? A) The shortest pencil in

the box is 2cm long B) The longest pencil in the box is 8cm long C) Two of the pencil's are 10cm each D) all the pencils are of the same length Guys can you quickly give an answer to the Question WITH AN EXPLANATION

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Troyanec [42] · Answer 1 · 2023-06-19T23:39:18+03:00

The situation which is not possible about the pencils in her box is; Choice B: The longest pencil in the box is 8cm long.

<h3>Mean and Measure of central tendency</h3>

By convention, the mean is a statistical measure of central tendency.

On this note, if the mean of a set of data values is 10, this means the data values have data points greater, equal and less than the mean value.

On this note, it is impossible to have the longest pencil in the box to have a length, 8cm.