document.write( "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?
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The numbers are 31, 58, 98, x, and x.
\n" ); document.write( "The mode, M, is x, since it's repeated twice.
\n" ); document.write( "The mean, A, is
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A=%2831%2B58%2B98%2B2x%29%2F5\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Since A=(3/2)M, then
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28187%2B2x%29%2F5=%283%2F2%29x\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2%28187%2B2x%29=15x\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"374%2B4x=15x\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"11x=374\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=34\"$ \r
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