SOLUTION: The mean of 8 numbers is 7. Find the sum of the numbers. Thanks for your help

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Question 243672: The mean of 8 numbers is 7. Find the sum of the numbers.
Thanks for your help
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember that the mean of 8 numbers is simply the sum of those 8 numbers divided by 8. So let's make 'x' the sum of those eight numbers. So this makes




Now just multiply both sides by 7 to get . So the sum of the 8 numbers is 56.
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