SOLUTION: For a set of five positive integers, none of them greater than 100, the mean is 1.5 times the mode. If 31, 58, 98, x, and x are the five integers, what is the value of x?

Question 258739: For a set of five positive integers, none of them greater than 100, the mean is 1.5 times the mode. If 31, 58, 98, x, and x are the five integers, what is the value of x?

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The numbers are 31, 58, 98, x, and x.
The mode, M, is x, since it's repeated twice.
The mean, A, is

Since A=(3/2)M, then

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