1958 AHSME Problems/Problem 6

Problem

The arithmetic mean between $\frac {x + a}{x}$ and $\frac {x - a}{x}$ , when $x \not = 0$ , is:

$\textbf{(A)}\ {2}\text{, if }{a \not = 0}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 1\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ {1}\text{, only if }{a = 0}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {a}{x}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ x$

Solution

We have $\frac{1}{2}\cdot \left(\frac{x + a}{x} + \frac{x - a}{x}\right) = \frac{2}{2} = \boxed{\text{(B) }{1}}$ .

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