SOLUTION: Two high school classes took the same test. One class of 20 students made an average grade of 80%; the other class had an average grade of 70%. If the average grade for the combine

Question 772918: Two high school classes took the same test. One class of 20 students made an average grade of 80%; the other class had an average grade of 70%. If the average grade for the combined classes was 74%, how many people were in the second class?
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Two high school classes took the same test. One class of 20 students made an average grade of 80%; the other class had an average grade of 70%. If the average grade for the combined classes was 74%, how many people were in the second class?
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let x=number of students in the 2nd class
In the first class 20 students had a cumulative score=20*80=1600
In the 2nd class x number of students had a cumulative score=x*70
combined classes had a combined cumulative score=1600+70x
20+x=total number of students in both classes
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4x=120
x=30
how many people were in the second class? 30
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