SOLUTION: a basketball player averaged 20 points a game over the course of six games. his scores in five of those games were 23,18,16,24 and 27. How many points did he score in the sixth gam
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Question 172164: a basketball player averaged 20 points a game over the course of six games. his scores in five of those games were 23,18,16,24 and 27. How many points did he score in the sixth game?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Average - the numerical result obtained by dividing the sum of two or more quantities by the number of quantities; an arithmetical mean.
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so (23+18+16+24+27+x)/6=20 where x is our unknown quantity
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108+x=120
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points was his score for the 6th game
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