document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1205540>Question 1205540</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The average of 2000 fours equals the average of 1000? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The statement of the problem is faulty and/or incomplete.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "With the problem as stated, one can only guess what the question was supposed to be....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note that the average of any number of fours is 4; so the average of two thousand fours is 4.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perhaps the question is supposed to say \"the average of 2000 fours equals the average of 1000 of what number\", in which case the answer is of course 4.<br><BR>\n" );
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