2002 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 9
Problem
There are 3 numbers A, B, and C, such that 
, and 
. What is the average of A, B, and C?
Solution
Notice that we don't need to find what 
and 
actually are, just their average. In other words, if we can find 
, we will be done.
Adding up the equations gives 
so 
and the average is 
. Our answer is 
.
Solution 2
As there are only 2 equations and 3 variables, just set one of the variables to something convenient, like 0. Setting C as 0, we get A is -2, and B is 11 by substitution. By basic arithmetic the average is 3=>B
-dragoon
Solution 3
Start by isolating 
and in both of the equations, in order to represent the variables and in terms of A. Ending up with the two equations 
and 
, we have to calculate the value of the expression 
. Plugging in 
for and 
for , we add them up and end up with a value of 9. Dividing 9 by 3 to compute the average, we get our answer of .
~Darth_Cadet
See Also
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