1993 AJHSME Problems/Problem 15
Problem
The arithmetic mean (average) of four numbers is . If the largest of these numbers is , then the mean of the remaining three numbers is
Solution
Say that the four numbers are & . Then . What we are trying to find is . Solving,
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