SOLUTION: Dan, Hary and Regan sell cars. Dan sells x cars. Harry sells 5 mores cars than Dan. Regan sells twice as many cars as Dan. Write an expression, in terms of x, for the mean nu

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Question 1006145: Dan, Hary and Regan sell cars.
Dan sells x cars.
Harry sells 5 mores cars than Dan.
Regan sells twice as many cars as Dan.
Write an expression, in terms of x, for the mean number of cars Dan, Haryy and Regan sell.

Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The mean, or average, is found by dividing the total by the number of people (in this case)...thus we have
(x + (x+5) + 2x) / 3 = (4x + 5) / 3