2007 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 16
- The following problem is from both the 2007 AMC 10B #16 and 2007 AMC 12B #12, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
A teacher gave a test to a class in which of the students are juniors and are seniors. The average score on the test was The juniors all received the same score, and the average score of the seniors was What score did each of the juniors receive on the test?
Solution
We can assume there are people in the class. Then there will be junior and seniors. The sum of everyone's scores is Since the average score of the seniors was the sum of all the senior's scores is The only score that has not been added to that is the junior's score, which is
See Also
2007 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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2007 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 11 |
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All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |