Ramesh analysed the monthly salary figures of five vice presidents of his company. All the salary figures are

Question

Ramesh analysed the monthly salary figures of five vice presidents of his company. All the salary figures are integers. The mean and the median salary figures are 5 lakh, and the only mode is 8 lakh. Which of the options below is the sum (in lakh) of the highest and the lowest salaries?

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Accepted Answer

9. Median = 5 , Mode = 8 Mean = 5, => Sum of 5 salaries = 25 25 25 As mode is 8, it will occur 2 times but not 3 ( ∵ \because ∵ sum is 25) Also, median is 5, the third salary is 5 and the first two are less than 5 => Sum of third , fourth and fifth salary = 5 + 8 + 8 = 21 Sum of first two = 25 -