document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=973014>Question 973014</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the average of 55 items are 29.if 02 is added to each items then the new average is??? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "total=number * average= 55*29 = 1595\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I assume I am adding 2 to each item, the average would increase to 57.  The average changes by the increase/decrease if all the items involved are affected in exactly same way.  One can look at the total's increasing with the number's staying the same.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am adding 58 (29*2) , so new total is 1653, which divided by 29 is 57.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Writing \"02\" might be interpreted to be 0.02 or .02.  I would normally write \"2\".  If 0.02 were meant, it would increase the average by 0.02.\r<BR>\n" );
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