SOLUTION: Suppose Krishan's teacher says that he can drop one of his test scores of 80, 100, and 85, which one should he drop and why? What is his new average?
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Question 437465: Suppose Krishan's teacher says that he can drop one of his test scores of 80, 100, and 85, which one should he drop and why? What is his new average?
Answer by rwm(914) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Drop the 100 because Krishan obviously cheated on that one.
so the new average would be (80+85)/2=82.5
or drop the 80 (85+100)/2=92.5
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