SOLUTION: If the average (arithmetic mean), of 6, 6, 12, 16, and x is equal to x, what is the value of x?

SOLUTION: If the average (arithmetic mean), of 6, 6, 12, 16, and x is equal to x, what is the value of x?

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Question 94832: If the average (arithmetic mean), of 6, 6, 12, 16, and x is equal to x, what is the value of x?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Multiply both sides by 5

Combine like terms

Subtract x from both sides

Divide both sides by 4

So our answer is

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