2015 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 5
- The following problem is from both the 2015 AMC 12A #3 and 2015 AMC 10A #5, so both problems redirect to this page.
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Mr. Patrick teaches math to students. He was grading tests and found that when he graded everyone's test except Payton's, the average grade for the class was . After he graded Payton's test, the test average became . What was Payton's score on the test?
Solution
If the average of the first peoples' scores was , then the sum of all of their tests is . When Payton's score was added, the sum of all of the scores became . So, Payton's score must be
Alternate Solution
The average of a set of numbers is the value we get if we evenly distribute the total across all entries. So assume that the first students each scored . If Payton also scored an , the average would still be . In order to increase the overall average to , we need to add one more point to all of the scores, including Payton's. This means we need to add a total of more points, so Payton needs
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See also
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