At a picnic of at least 3 people, a plate of 26 cookies is passed around. Each person takes one cookie and passes the plate to the next person. Jana gets the first cookie and next to last cookie. What is the median of all possible numbers of people at the picnic?
+129850 Jana gets the 1st cookie and the 25th cookie
No. of people
3 possible each gets 8 and then Jana gets the 25th one
4 possible each get 6 and then Jana gets the 25th one
5 not possible each get 5 and rhen Jana gets the 26th one
6 possible each get 4 and then Jana gets the 25th one
7 not possible each get 3 and then Jana gets the 22nd one
8 possible each get 3 and Jana gets the 25th one
9 not possible each get 2 and Jana gets the 19th
10 not possible each get 2 and Jana gets the 21st
11 not possible each get 2 and Jana gets the 23rd
12 possible each get 2 and then Jana gets the 25th
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24 possible each get 1 and then Jana gets the 25th
26 possible each get 1 and Jana gets the 25th
Number of people possible
3 , 4 , 6 , 8, 12 , 24 , 26
Median = 8
