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We must find the average of the numbers from <math> 1 </math> to <math> 99 </math> and <math> x </math> in terms of <math> x </math>. The sum of all these terms is <math> \frac{99(100)}{2}+x=99(50)+x </math>. We must divide this by the total number of terms, which is <math> 100 </math>. We get: <math> \frac{99(50)+x}{100} </math>. This is equal to <math> 100x </math>, as stated in the problem. We have: <math> \frac{99(50)+x}{100}=100x </math>. We can now cross multiply. This gives:
 
We must find the average of the numbers from <math> 1 </math> to <math> 99 </math> and <math> x </math> in terms of <math> x </math>. The sum of all these terms is <math> \frac{99(100)}{2}+x=99(50)+x </math>. We must divide this by the total number of terms, which is <math> 100 </math>. We get: <math> \frac{99(50)+x}{100} </math>. This is equal to <math> 100x </math>, as stated in the problem. We have: <math> \frac{99(50)+x}{100}=100x </math>. We can now cross multiply. This gives:
  
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<math>\[\begin{align*}
 
100(100x)=99(50)+x&\\
 
100(100x)=99(50)+x&\\
 
10000x=99(50)+x&\\
 
10000x=99(50)+x&\\
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101x=50&\\
 
101x=50&\\
 
x=\boxed{\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{50}{101}}&\\
 
x=\boxed{\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{50}{101}}&\\
\end{align*}\]
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\end{align*}\]</math>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 22:34, 30 December 2015

Problem

The average of the numbers $1, 2, 3,\cdots, 98, 99,$ and $x$ is $100x$. What is $x$?

$\textbf{(A)}\ \dfrac{49}{101} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \dfrac{50}{101} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \dfrac{1}{2} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \dfrac{51}{101} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \dfrac{50}{99}$

Solution

We must find the average of the numbers from $1$ to $99$ and $x$ in terms of $x$. The sum of all these terms is $\frac{99(100)}{2}+x=99(50)+x$. We must divide this by the total number of terms, which is $100$. We get: $\frac{99(50)+x}{100}$. This is equal to $100x$, as stated in the problem. We have: $\frac{99(50)+x}{100}=100x$. We can now cross multiply. This gives:

$\[\begin{align*} 100(100x)=99(50)+x&\\ 10000x=99(50)+x&\\ 9999x=99(50)&\\ 101x=50&\\ x=\boxed{\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{50}{101}}&\\ \end{align*}\]$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)

See Also

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