SOLUTION: The average of 12 numbers is 24. The average of 24 numbers is 12. What is the average of all 36 numbers?

Question 382751: The average of 12 numbers is 24. The average of 24 numbers is 12. What is the average of all 36 numbers?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The average of 12 numbers is 24. The average of 24 numbers is 12. What is the average of all 36 numbers?
-----
12 numbers; ave. 24; total points 12*24 = 288
---
24 numbers; ave. 12; total points 12*24 = 288
--------------------------------------------------
36 numbers; total points = 576; average 576/36 = 16
====================================================
Cheers,
Stan H.
RELATED QUESTIONS
in a set of 12 numbers, if the average of first 5 numbers is 6 and average of all 12... (answered by Theo,hamsanash1981@gmail.com)

The average of 6 numbers is 10. If the average of 4 numbers is 12, then what is the... (answered by stanbon,josmiceli,mananth)

Out of 6 numbers the average of first 5 numbers is 20 and the average of the last 5... (answered by richwmiller)

The average of two numbers is 20. If one of the numbers is 24, what is the other... (answered by rfer)

If the average of four consecutive odd numbers is 24, what is the largest number? (answered by LinnW)

If the average of four numbers is 25, and three of the numbers are 24, what is the fourth (answered by oscargut)

What is the average of the following numbers, 17, 24, 62, 105, 14, 18 (answered by oscargut)

The average of 8 numbers is 22. When a ninth number is added, the new average of the nine (answered by ewatrrr)

the average of 45 numbers is 9.the average of first 20 is 10 and the average of the last... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)