SOLUTION: The mean score on a set of 23 tests is 74. What is the sum of all the test scores? Is 1702 correct?

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Question 1138882: The mean score on a set of 23 tests is 74. What is the sum of all the test scores? Is 1702 correct?
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Answer by ikleyn(52807)   (Show Source):
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It is 23*74 = 1702. You are absolutely right !

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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source):
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74, average of the 23 test scores, as if each score were 74.

TOTAL of the scores?

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