Question two-di
Two different teams consisting of 10 members each ran in a race. Each member’s completion time of the race was recorded. The mean of the completion times for each team was calculated and is shown below.
Team A: 3.41 minutes
Team B: 3.79 minutes
Which of the following MUST be true?
- Every member of team A completed the race in less time than any member of team B.
- The median time it took the members of team B to complete the race is greater than the median time it took the members of team A to complete the race.
- There is at least one member of team B who took more time to complete the race than some member of team A.
IIwe only
we and IIwe only
Iwe and IIwe only
I, II, and III
Two different teams consisting of 10 members each ran in a race. Each member’s completion time
Hard-difficulty · SAT Math · One-Variable Data & Statistics — Mean, median, mode, range. Read the question above, select your answer, and check the full explanation below to understand exactly why the correct choice works.
Answer explanation
Choice A is correct. Since the average time for the 10 members of team A is 3.41 minutes, the sum of the 10 times for team A is equal to 
minutes. Since the average time for the 10 members of team B is 3.79 minutes, the sum of the 10 times for team B is equal to 
minutes. Since the sum of the 10 times for team B is greater than the sum of the 10 times for team A, it must be true that at least one of the times for team B must be greater than one of the times for team A. Thus, statement IIwe is true. However, it’s possible that at least some of the times for team A were greater than some of the times for team B. For example, all of team A’s times could be 3.41 minutes, and team B could have 1 time of 3.34 minutes and 9 times of 3.84 minutes. Thus, statement we need not be true. It’s also possible that the median of the times for team B is less than the median of the times for team A. For example, all of team A’s times could be 3.41 minutes, and team B could have 6 times of 3.37 minutes and 4 times of 4.42 minutes; then the median of team B’s times would be 3.37 minutes and the median of team A’s times would be 3.41 minutes. Thus, statement Iwe need not be true.
Choices B, C, and D are incorrect because neither statement we nor statement Iwe must be true.
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