Question

The median number of baskets made by 7 players in a certain basketball game is 5. The range of the number of baskets made by those players that game is 4.

Determine if the following statement is true, is false, or does not contain enough information.

If the greatest number of baskets made is 8, then the fewest baskets made is 4.

Answer 1

There's no enough information to say if the given statement is true or false.

Explanation:

Givens

• The median is 5 baskets.
• The range is 4 baskets.

Remember that a median is the center value, it's literally the number at the middle.

The range is defined as the difference between the highest and the least value.

Based on this information, it could be possible that if the greatest number of baskets made is 8, then the fewest made is 4, because it follows the given range. However, there are another possibilities, because this doesn't guarantee that the median is 5.

Therefore, there's no enough information to say if the given statement is true or false.