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  • 11-05-2018
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The mean of a set of five numbers is 4.8. Given that the sixth number is x and the mean of these six numbers is 5.5, find the value of x.

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CastleRook
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  • 21-05-2018
Given that the mean of the five numbers is 4.8, the total of the numbers will be:
5×4.8
=24
after adding x, the total will be:
(24+x)
the mean will be:
(24+x)/6=5.5
solving for x we get:
24+x=33
hence
x=33-24
x=9

The sixth number is 9
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