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Question 172164: a basketball player averaged 20 points a game over the course of six games. his scores in five of those games were 23,18,16,24 and 27. How many points did he score in the sixth game?
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Average - the numerical result obtained by dividing the sum of two or more quantities by the number of quantities; an arithmetical mean.
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so (23+18+16+24+27+x)/6=20 where x is our unknown quantity
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108+x=120
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highlight%28x=12%29points was his score for the 6th game