Let be a set of nine distinct integers. Six of the elements of the set 2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 9 and 14 . What is the number of possible values of the median of ?
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The possible medians are the numbers between 3 and 9 inclusive (see below for some possible ways to do this), for a total of 7 different possible values:
− 1 , 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 9 , 1 4
0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 9 , 1 4 , 1 5
1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 9 , 1 4 , 1 5
1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 9 , 1 4 , 1 5 , 1 6
2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 7 , 9 , 1 4 , 1 5 , 1 6
2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 1 4 , 1 5 , 1 6
2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 9 , 1 4 , 1 5 , 1 6 , 1 7
Numbers less than 3 and greater than 9 cannot be the medians because we can only add three numbers to the list.