On a certain math exam, of the students got points, got points, got points, got points, and the rest got points. What is the difference between the mean and the median score on this exam?
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Solution
To begin, we see that the remaining of the students got points. Assume that there are students; we see that students got points, students got points, students got points, students got points, and students got points. The median is , since the and terms are both . The mean is . The difference between the mean and median, therefore, is .
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