Devise a set of ten numbers so that nine of them are “above average,” that is, nine of the numbers are larger than the mean? I found 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1 and it works. I need help with the below part. Is it possible to have all of them “above average”? Explain a scenario for how this could happen, and explain a scenario when this is impossible

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Devise a set of ten numbers so that nine of them are “above average,” that is, nine of
the numbers are larger than the mean? I found 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1 and it works.

I need help with the below part.

Is it possible to have all of them “above average”? Explain a scenario for how this could happen,
and explain a scenario when this is impossible

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