document.write( "Question 963267: I am having trouble with the following question: Vanessa's avergae for five mathematics test was 86. The median score was 87 and the mode was 80. What was the highest score she could have received on any test? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #588481 by Fombitz(32388)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the scores be A, B, C, D, E in order from lowest to highest. \n" ); document.write( "Since there are 5 scores, the third is the median. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Since the mode was 80, then A and B must be 80. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "So then you know that D and E must be at least 87. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "The minimum that D could be is 87. \n" ); document.write( "So the maximum that E could be is, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |