document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=981626>Question 981626</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a basketball game, the star player scored 3 times as many points as the average (arithmetic mean) score of the other 9 players.  What fraction of the points scored by the entire team did the star player score?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the average of the nine players be \"x\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then their total points is 9x.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The star player scored 3x.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:: 3x/9x = 1/3<BR>\n" );
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