SOLUTION: which of the following CANNOT be the average ( arithmetic mean) of four positive even integers A)1 B)2 C)6 D)9 E)12

SOLUTION: which of the following CANNOT be the average ( arithmetic mean) of four positive even integers A)1 B)2 C)6 D)9 E)12

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Question 91220: which of the following CANNOT be the average ( arithmetic mean) of four positive even integers
A)1
B)2
C)6
D)9
E)12
Answer by 303795(602) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1 can not be the average as the numbers must be even and positive so the lowest any of the numbers can be is 2. You can't get an average of 1 if all the numbers are greater than 1.
The correct answer is A.
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