2016 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 3
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[hide]Problem
Four students take an exam. Three of their scores are and . If the average of their four scores is , then what is the remaining score?
Solutions
Solution 1
Let be the remaining student's score. We know that the average, 70, is equal to . We can use basic algebra to solve for : giving us the answer of .
Solution 2
Since is more than , and is more than , for to be the average, the other number must be less than , or .
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqnQQcUVJmA (has questions 1-5)
~savannahsolver
Video Solution by OmegaLearn
https://youtu.be/51K3uCzntWs?t=772
~ pi_is_3.14
See Also
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