SOLUTION: Your test scores in one class are 80 and 84. What possible scores can you earn on your next test to have a test average between 82 and 88​, ​inclusive?

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Question 1169462: Your test scores in one class are 80 and 84. What possible scores can you earn on your next test to have a test average between 82 and 88​, ​inclusive?
Answer by ikleyn(52798) About Me  (Show Source):
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The governing inequality is this one


    82 <= %2880%2B84%2Bx%29%2F3 <= 88.


Multiply both sides by 3


    82*3 <= 164 + x <= 88*3


Simplify


    82*3 - 164 <= x <= 88*3 - 164   or


       82      <= x < = 100.    ANSWER

Solved.