SOLUTION: What is the answer if the word problem is: a Family's gas and electricity bill averages $80 a month for seven months of the year and $20 a month for the rest of the year. The que

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Question 808251: What is the answer if the word problem is: a Family's gas and electricity bill averages $80 a month for seven months of the year and $20 a month for the rest of the year.
The question is : If the family's bills were averages over the entire year, what would be the monthly bill be?

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a Family's gas and electricity bill averages $80 a month for seven months of the year and $20 a month for the rest of the year.
The question is : If the family's bills were averages over the entire year, what would be the monthly bill be?
:
Av =
Av = $55 a month

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