Mr Evans has a class containing an even number of students. He calculated that in the end-of-term examination the mean mark of the students was 58, the median mark was 80 and the difference between the lowest mark and the highest mark was 40. Show that Mr Evans made a mistake in his calculations.
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Hamilton Mathematical Olympiad (2022)
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