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. Jumbo bought 5 books, each with a whole-number price.

The mean price of the books was $10. The median price was $8.
The most expensive book cost $15 and the cheapest cost $6.
What are the possible prices for the other books?

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Mean is average. Multiply total books by the mean to find the total cost:

5x 10 = $50 total.

Subtract the highest and lowest prices to find the total of the remaining 3 books.

50 - 15-6 = 29

The median price was 8, this is the middle number, subtract 8 from 29 to get the cost of the last 2 books:

29-8 =21

Now you need a price lower than the median but higher than the lowest cost so that has to be 7

Subtract 7 from 21 to get the cost of the last book 21-7 = 14

The price of the remaining books is $7 and $14

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