SOLUTION: The average weight of 10 children is 88 pounds. Two more children join the group: one weighs 95 pounds and the other 93 pounds. What is the average weight for the twelve children?

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Question 327650: The average weight of 10 children is 88 pounds. Two more children join the group: one weighs 95 pounds and the other 93 pounds. What is the average weight for the twelve children?
a. 89 pounds
b. 90 pounds
c. 91 pounds
d. 92 pounds
e. 93 pounds

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The average weight of 10 children is 88 pounds.
Two more children join the group: one weighs 95 pounds and the other 93 pounds.
What is the average weight for the twelve children?
:
Now the number children is 12
:
Av = %2810%2888%29%2B95%2B93%29%2F12
:
Av = %28880%2B188%29%2F12
:
Av = 1068%2F12
:
Av = 89 lb