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Problem

The numbers $3, 5, 7, a,$ and $b$ have an average (arithmetic mean) of $15$ . What is the average of $a$ and $b$ ?

$\textbf{(A) } 0 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 15 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 30 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 45 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 60$

Solution

The arithmetic mean of the numbers $3, 5, 7, a,$ and $b$ is equal to $\frac{3+5+7+a+b}{5}=\frac{15+a+b}{5}=15$ . Solving for $a+b$ , we get $a+b=60$ . Dividing by $2$ to find the average of the two numbers $a$ and $b$ gives $\frac{60}{2}=\boxed{\textbf{(C) }30}$ .

Video Solution

https://youtu.be/WUcbVNy2uv0

~IceMatrix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-3sl1pSojc

~bobthefam

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