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The mean and median are not necessarily the same. They will be the same if the distribution is symmetric but the converse is not necessarily true. That is to say, a distribution does not have to be symmetric for the mean and median to be the same.

For example, the mean and median of {1, 1, 5, 6, 12} are both 5 but the distribution is NOT symmetric.

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