SOLUTION: "A basketball player averaged 20 points a game over the course of six games. His scores in five of those games were 23, 18, 16, 24, and 27. How many points did he score in the sixt

Question 611083: "A basketball player averaged 20 points a game over the course of six games. His scores in five of those games were 23, 18, 16, 24, and 27. How many points did he score in the sixth game?"
What would the formula be for figuring this out????
Answer by radh(108) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To find the average, you would add 23, 18, 16, 24, 27, and x. Then you would divide the answer by 6 (because there are 6 numbers), and that would be your mean.
Let's draw that mathematically:

Then, we'd simplify to figure out x:

So, the score for the 6th game was 12.
Remember, the key is to stripping the problem of words and putting into mathematical terms for easier understanding.

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