2021 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 4
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Problem
Ms. Blackwell gives an exam to two classes. The mean of the scores of the students in the morning class is , and the afternoon class's mean score is
. The ratio of the number of students in the morning class to the number of students in the afternoon class is
. What is the mean of the scores of all the students?
Solution
WLOG, assume there are students in the morning class and
in the afternoon class. Then the average is
Solution 2
Let there be students in the morning class and
students in the afternoon class. The total number of students is
. The average is
. Therefore, the answer is
.
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See Also
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