Question

5 positive integers are arranged in ascending order, as follows:

1,9, 9, 10, X
The mean and the median are equal.
Find X.

Answer 1

x = 16

Explanation:

Since the numbers are in ascending order, x is the number with the highest value here.

From the arrangement, we can see that the median (the middle number) is the third number which is 9

The mean is the sum of the numbers divided by their count. So we set up the mean and equate to the median

We have this as;

(1 + 9 + 9 + 10 + x)/5 = 9

29 + x = 5(9)

29 + x = 45

x = 45-29

x = 16