GMAT Quantitative Reasoning Practice Test 6

Question : 87 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

a, b

and

c

are three odd and different integers. Which one is the median?
(1)

a, b

and

c

are consecutive numbers.
(2)

c>a

and

b< c

Statement (1) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (2) by itself is not.
Statement (2) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (1) by itself is not.
Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, even though NEITHER statement BY ITSELF is sufficient.
Either statement BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question.
Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question, requiring more data pertaining to the problem.

Solution:

From statement (1) we can learn that if they are consecutive numbers, the median is

b

.
From statement (2) we have a connection between

c

a

and

b

, but we don't know if

a

b

is the smallest among the three, therefore this statement, by itself, is not sufficient.

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