SOLUTION: The average of 6 different positive integers is 10. What is the greatest that any of the numbers could be?

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Question 627429: The average of 6 different positive integers is 10. What is the greatest that any of the numbers could be?
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The sum of 6 different positive integers with an average of 10 is equal to 6%2810%29+=+60. To get the greatest possible number we subtract the sum of 5 smallest positive integers from 60.
60+-+%281+%2B+2+%2B+3+%2B+4+%2B+5%29+=+highlight%2845%29.