PP1 (Shorter) Quant Section 2 (Hard) Q6

<p><span style="color:#27ae60;"><span style="font-size:20px;">Solving the Problem</span></span></p> <p>We should first deduce the fact that the cars have been ordered by cost in ascending order, and grouped together into the four price range categories shown in the table. It&#39;s useful to also consider which cars are in each of the groups:</p> <ul> <li>Cars $1$ to $7$ are in the first group</li> <li>Cars $8$ to $17$&nbsp;are in the second group</li> <li>Cars $18$ to $25$&nbsp;are in the third group</li> <li>Cars $26$ to $31$ are in the fourth group</li> </ul> <p>Since we have $31$ cars, the median value would be $\frac{31+1}{2} = 16th\,car$. This would be in the second row of the table, between car $7$ (at the end of the first category) and car $17$ (at the end of the second category).</p> <p>We don&#39;t know the actual costs of the cars, so the $16th$ car could cost anywhere in the range specified for the second category: $\$5000\,to\,\$7499$.</p> <p>So, $\$5500,\$6500$, and $\$7000$ could all be valid prices for the $16th$ car.</p> <p>Therefore, the correct answers would be <span style="color:#27ae60;">A, B, and C</span>.</p>