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Can you find sets of positive integers that satisfy the following?
1. Three numbers with mean $3$ and mode $2$
2. Three numbers with mean $7$ and mode $10$
3. Three numbers with mean $8$, median $10$ and range $8$
4. Four numbers with mean $7.5$, mode $6$ and median $7$
5. Four numbers with mean $6$, median $6.5$ and range $11$
6. Five numbers with mean $4$, mode $3$ and range $9$
7. Five numbers with mean $4$, mode $2$ and range $6$ (two possible solutions)
8. Five numbers with mean $7$, mode $7$ and range $10$ (three possible solutions)
Extension
Can you find a set of four numbers with mean $4$, mode $1$, median $2$ and range $10$?
How about a set of five numbers?
Or six numbers?
Or...
Or 100 numbers?
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