SOLUTION: The average if 5 unequal positive integers is 11. What is the largest possible value that any of those numbers can have? A) 50 B)45 C)20 D)13

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Question 1143910: The average if 5 unequal positive integers is 11. What is the largest possible value that any of those numbers can have?
A) 50
B)45
C)20
D)13
Answer by ikleyn(52786) About Me  (Show Source):
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To evaluate the LARGEST possible integer, take four other integers as small as possible: 1, 2, 3 and 4.


Then your equation is


    %281%2B2%2B3%2B4%2Bx%29%2F5 = 11.


From the equation,   x = 11*5 - 10 = 45.      ANSWER