SOLUTION: The average (arithmetic mean) test score in a class of 12 students was 74. If 4 students who averaged 96 were removed from the class, what would be the new average score of the cla

Question 1086895: The average (arithmetic mean) test score in a class of 12 students was 74. If 4 students who averaged 96 were removed from the class, what would be the new average score of the class?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let F be the scores of the 4 students with average of 96, X the scores of the remaining students,

So then,

So for the remaining 8 students,

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