SOLUTION: There are 20 students in class X, 40 students in class Y, and 60 students in class Z. If the respective averages of classes X, Y, and Z are 90, 75, 70, what is the average of the t

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Question 762256: There are 20 students in class X, 40 students in class Y, and 60 students in class Z. If the respective averages of classes X, Y, and Z are 90, 75, 70, what is the average of the three classes combined?
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If the average of a class of students is , then the total score for that class is . You have 3 classes, so their total scores are , , and . You need to divide the sum of those three numbers by the total number of students in the three classes.

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