SOLUTION: Michelle's mean score on eight math quizzes is 89 what must she score on her next quiz to raise her mean score to exactly 90

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Question 1070280: Michelle's mean score on eight math quizzes is 89 what must she score on her next quiz to raise her mean score to exactly 90
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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in order to score an average of 90 on 9 quizzes, she has to have a total score of 90 * 9 = 810.

she has a total of 8 * 89 = 712 on 8 quizzes.

810 - 712 = 98.

she needs to score a 98 on the 9th test in order to get an overall average of 90 on all 9 tests.