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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.

III only
I and III only
II and III only
I, II, and III

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Correct Answer: A

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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 $10 times 3 point 4 1, equals 34 point 1$ 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 $10 times 3 point 7 9, equals 37 point 9$ 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 III 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 I 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 II need not be true.

Choices B, C, and D are incorrect because neither statement I nor statement II must be true.

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