document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=304705>Question 304705</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a class has 24 boys and 16 girls. On a test the class mean was 75. the mean of the girl's score was 72. What was the mean of the boy's sccores? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "24+16 = 40 students....  mean = 75  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total scored by 40 students = 3000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Girls = 16 ....their mean = 72 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "total scored by girls = 16*72= 1152\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Difference between the scores will give total score of boys.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3000-1152 = 1848\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Number of boys = 24 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "their mean will be 1848 / 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=77\r<BR>\n" );
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