1992 AJHSME Problems/Problem 13

Problem

Five test scores have a mean (average score) of $90$ , a median (middle score) of $91$ and a mode (most frequent score) of $94$ . The sum of the two lowest test scores is

$\text{(A)}\ 170 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 171 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 176 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 177 \qquad \text{(E)}\ \text{not determined by the information given}$

Solution

Because there was an odd number of scores, $91$ must be the middle score. Since there are two scores above $91$ and $94$ appears the most frequent (so at least twice) and $94>91$ , $94$ appears twice. Also, the sum of the five numbers is $90 \times 5 =450$ . Thus, the sum of the lowest two scores is $450-91-94-94= \boxed{\text{(B)}\ 171}$ .

Page

Toolbox

Search

1992 AJHSME Problems/Problem 13

Problem

Solution