document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=274823>Question 274823</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The average (arithmetic mean) number of students in 3 economics classes at a certain college is 24. If the total number of students in 2 of the classes combined is 38, how many students are in the remaining class?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A  19  b 24  c 31  d  34\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A 19 b 24 c 31 d 34 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the number of students in the remaining class. Then we have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(38 + x)/3 = 24 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x. </SPAN>\n" );
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