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UKMT Junior Mathematical Challenge, 2020

Number theory Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

The mean of four positive integers is $5$ . The median of the four integers is $6$ . What is the mean of the largest and smallest of the integers?

(A) $3$ (B) $4$ (C) $5$ (D) $6$ (E) $8$

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