document.write( "Question 482394: Adam tried to compute the average of his 7 test scores. He mistakenly divided the
\n" ); document.write( "correct sum of all of his test scores by 6, which yielded 84. What is Adam’s correct
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Algebra.Com's Answer #330244 by Earlsdon(6294) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let x = the original sum (not the average) of the test scores.Then:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2F6+=+84\"$ Multiply by 6.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+=+504\"$ This is the original sum of the test scores. The correct average is:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"504%2F7+=+72\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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