SOLUTION: If the average (arithmetic mean) of ten numbers is 18 and the average of six of these numbers is 12, what is the average of the other four numbers?
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Question 695995: If the average (arithmetic mean) of ten numbers is 18 and the average of six of these numbers is 12, what is the average of the other four numbers?
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If 10 numbers have an average of 18, then the sum of the 10 numbers must be 180. Likewise, the sum of 6 numbers with an average of 12 must be 72. Then the sum of the remaining 4 must be the difference between 180 and 72. Once you know the sum of the 4 numbers, the finding the average is trivial.
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