A private college advertised that last year their freshman students, on average,

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A private college advertised that last year their freshman students, on average, had a score of 1140 on the college entrance exam. Assuming that average refers to the mean, which of the following claims must be true based on this information? Note: More than one statement could be true. If none of the statements is true, mark the appropriate box Last year some of their freshman students had a score of more than 950 on the exam. Last year some of their freshman students had a score of exactly 1140 on the exam. Next year at least one of their freshman students will havea score of at least 1140 on the exam. Last year all of their freshman students had a score of at least 11.40 on the exam. Last year fewer than haif of their freshman students had a score of 1140 or below on the exam. None of the above statements is true.

Explanation / Answer

In this questions there are only two possibilities that are:

1)Some of their freshman students had a score of more than 950 on exam.

2)Some of their freshman students had a score of exactly 1140 on the exam.

If these two situations are satisfied then the overall average of entrence exam will be 1140.

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