document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=317244>Question 317244</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is a question from the GRE. A student has test scores of 85, x, and y, respectively, and an average score of 96 on the three tests. What is the average of x and y? how to you solve this problem? Thank you. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "So for this one, we have three numbers that average out to be 96\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the sum of these numbers is equal to 96 x 3 = 288\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then we subtract 85 from 288 and get = 203\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we know that x + y = 203\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the average of these two numbers is the sum divided byt he number of parts:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "203/2 = 101.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the average of x and y is 101.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I hope this helps! </SPAN>\n" );
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