SOLUTION: Adam tried to compute the average of his 7 test scores. He mistakenly divided the
correct sum of all of his test scores by 6, which yielded 84. What is Adam’s correct
average tes
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Question 482394: Adam tried to compute the average of his 7 test scores. He mistakenly divided the
correct sum of all of his test scores by 6, which yielded 84. What is Adam’s correct
average test score?
Found 2 solutions by cleomenius, Earlsdon:
Answer by cleomenius(959) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
84 * 6 = 504
504 / 7 =72.
Cleomenius.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = the original sum (not the average) of the test scores.Then:
Multiply by 6.
This is the original sum of the test scores. The correct average is:
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