SOLUTION: if the average score of 20 students is 85 and 14 students got more than 85 then what is the lowest score that a student can achieve out of the remaining 6 students?

Question 363024: if the average score of 20 students is 85 and 14 students got more than 85 then what is the lowest score that a student can achieve out of the remaining 6 students?
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if the average score of 20 students is 85 and 14 students got more than 85
then what is the lowest score that a student can achieve out of the
remaining 6 students?
:
= 85
multiply both sides by 20
14(86) + 6x = 20(85)
1204 + 6x = 1700
6x = 1700 - 1204
6x = 496
x =
x = 82.67 is the average of the remaining 6
:
The lowest 1 student can have to maintain this average
Assume the other 5 students got 85 each
= 82.76
multiply both sides by 6
5(85)+ x = 6(82.67)
425 + x = 496
x = 496 - 425
x = 71 is the lowest score for one student to have
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