document.write( "Question 485561: vicky has misplaced one of her algebra quizzes. the scores on the quizzes are 82, 71, 83, 91, and 78. she knows that the mean of all six quiz scores is 79.5. what is the score on the missing quiz? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Let x be the missing score.\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"mean=%28sum_of_scores%29%2F%28number_of_scores%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"79.5=%2882%2B71%2B83%2B91%2B78%2Bx%29%2F6\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"79.5=%28405%2Bx%29%2F6\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"477=405%2Bx\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"477-405=x\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"72=x\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So she made a 72 on it.\r\n" );
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