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Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

The following twelve integers are written in ascending order: $1, x, x, x, y, y, y, y, y, 8, 9, 11$ . The mean of these twelve integers is 7. What is the median?

(A) $6$ (B) $7$ (C) $7.5$ (D) $8$ (E) $9$

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