document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1114054>Question 1114054</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Lizzy went bowling. She bowled 3 games with a mean score of 84. If her first 2 games had a mean of 81, what would she have to bowl in her final game? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Here is a method you can use for problems like this involving the average (mean) of numbers that are close together....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Her average was 84; her average for the first two games was 81.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That average for her first 2 games is 3 less than her final average.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That means that after the first 2 games she is a total of 2*3=6 points short of her final average.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And that means she has to be 6 points ABOVE her final average in the third game.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the score in her last game must be 84+6 = 90. </SPAN>\n" );
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