SOLUTION: Jeremy caught a fish in a contest. The mean weight of the fish was 4.3875kg He forgot to make his own record of the weight of the last fish but the first 7 fish were 4.8 kg,5.5

Question 1154136: Jeremy caught a fish in a contest.
The mean weight of the fish was 4.3875kg
He forgot to make his own record of the weight of the last fish but the first 7 fish were
4.8 kg,5.5kg,6.2kg,3.3kg,4.3kg and 4.8 kg
What was the weight of the last fish?
Found 3 solutions by MathLover1, ikleyn, josgarithmetic:
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The mean weight of the fish was
He forgot to make his own record of the weight of the last fish but the first fish were
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if last or th fish is , then

the weight of the last fish was

Answer by ikleyn(52803)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Your post is written EXTREMELY INACCURATELY, so I hardly understand what is written there.

For example, it says

" . . . but the first 7 fish were 4.8 kg, 5.5kg, 6.2kg, 3.3kg, 4.3kg and 4.8 kg."

In this list my eyes see only 6 weights, instead of promised 7.

Could you please comment it ?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Jeremy caught a fish in a contest.
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That means, Jeremy caught ONE fish in the contest.

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The mean weight of the fish was 4.3875kg
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Mean weight of the ONE SINGLE fish? If not, HOW MANY FISH? Description already stated ONE fish.

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He forgot to make his own record of the weight of the last fish but the first 7 fish were
4.8 kg,5.5kg,6.2kg,3.3kg,4.3kg and 4.8 kg
What was the weight of the last fish?
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What is that? How many fish did he catch? One? Seven? More than seven?
Fix the entire problem description.
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