SOLUTION: if you are given two numbers and the average, and the question asks for the third number to complete the average. how do you find the third missing number?

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Question 749216: if you are given two numbers and the average, and the question asks for the third number to complete the average. how do you find the third missing number?
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If you are given the average of three numbers, then 3 times the average is the sum of the three numbers. If you subtract each of the given numbers from the sum, you get the third number.

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