SOLUTION: The team scored the following number of runs 6,2,5,9,11,4,5,8,6,7,5 in their games this season.If they want to end the season with an average of 6 runs per game, how many runs must

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Question 1169302: The team scored the following number of runs 6,2,5,9,11,4,5,8,6,7,5 in their games this season.If they want to end the season with an average of 6 runs per game, how many runs must they score in their final game of the season?
Answer by ikleyn(52818) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Write this equation


    %286%2B2%2B5%2B9%2B11%2B4%2B5%2B8%2B6%2B7%2B5+%2B+x%29%2F12 = 6


and then solve it.


Notice that 11 is the number of the given score values, and 12 = 11 + 1.

Happy solving !

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