2020 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 14
Problem 14
There are cities in the County of Newton. Their populations are shown in the bar chart below. The average population of all the cities is indicated by the horizontal dashed line. Which of the following is closest to the total population of all cities?
Solution 1
The average is given to be . This is because the dotted line is halfway in between and . There are cities, so our answer is simply
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