MHB Calculating Median in a Class with B, D, A, and C Scores: Findings and Solutions

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In the discussion about calculating the median of scores for students Budi, Doni, Adi, and Coki, it is established that Budi's score is greater than Doni's, and the sum of Adi's and Doni's scores exceeds that of Budi's and Coki's. The inequalities suggest that the scores can be arranged in two possible orders, but a definitive median cannot be calculated due to insufficient information. The analysis indicates that if C's score is between B and A or between D and B, the median would be the average of B and C or B and D, respectively. Ultimately, the median can be expressed as half of the sum of B and the maximum of C or D. It is concluded that determining an exact median value is not feasible with the given data.
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In a class, Budi's score is greater than Doni's. The sum of Adi's and Doni's scores is greater than the sum of Budi's and Coki's scores. Meanwhile, Doni's score is greater than two times Budi's score substracted by Adi's score. Determine the median of those four students' scores.

All I know, was, by using their initials that:
B > D
A + D > B + C
D > 2B - A

And by using the second and third info I got that their score from lowest to highest is either C, D, B, A or D, B, C, A. However, I met a dead-end after that. Please someone help me.
 
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I sketched a number line ... $B>D$ is obvious. The last inequality states $B < \dfrac{A+D}{2}$, or $B$ is less than the average of $A$ and $D$, equal to the midpoint of segment $AD$.

Finally, the second inequality states $C < A+D-B$. Note the possible positions for $C$ represented by the open-ended blue ray in the diagram.

If $B < C< A$ or $D < C < B$, the the median of the four scores is $\dfrac{B+C}{2}$

If $C < D$, then the median is $\dfrac{B+D}{2}$
 
Yep. Put more concisely, the median is $\frac 12 (B+\max(C,D))$.
 
Thank you everyone who has helped me with this question. I have asked this question in 4 different forums including this one and all confirm that it is impossible to find the exact number of the median's value.
 
Here is a little puzzle from the book 100 Geometric Games by Pierre Berloquin. The side of a small square is one meter long and the side of a larger square one and a half meters long. One vertex of the large square is at the center of the small square. The side of the large square cuts two sides of the small square into one- third parts and two-thirds parts. What is the area where the squares overlap?

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