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One day the Beverage Barn sold <math>252</math> cans of soda to <math>100</math> customers, and every customer | One day the Beverage Barn sold <math>252</math> cans of soda to <math>100</math> customers, and every customer bought at least one can of soda. What is the maximum possible median number of cans of soda bought per customer on that day? | ||
<math>\textbf{(A) }2.5\qquad\textbf{(B) }3.0\qquad\textbf{(C) }3.5\qquad\textbf{(D) }4.0\qquad \textbf{(E) }4.5</math> | <math>\textbf{(A) }2.5\qquad\textbf{(B) }3.0\qquad\textbf{(C) }3.5\qquad\textbf{(D) }4.0\qquad \textbf{(E) }4.5</math> | ||
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Problem
One day the Beverage Barn sold 
cans of soda to 
customers, and every customer bought at least one can of soda. What is the maximum possible median number of cans of soda bought per customer on that day?
Solution
In order to maximize the median, we need to make the first half of the numbers as small as possible. Since there are people, the median will be the average of the 
and 
largest amount of cans per person. To minimize the first 49, they would each have one can. Subtracting these 
cans from the cans gives us 
cans left to divide among 
people. Taking 
Gives us 
and a remainder of 
. Seeing this, the largest number of cans the 
person could have is , which leaves 
to the rest of the people. The average of and is 
. Thus our answer is 
.
See Also
| 2014 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 23 |
Followed by Problem 25 | |
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| All AJHSME/AMC 8 Problems and Solutions | ||
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