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## #1 2006-03-11 15:35:17

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### Average

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The average weight of three men A, B, and C is 84 kg. A fourth man D joins them and the average weight of the four becomes 80 kg. If E whose weight is 3 kg more than D replaces A, then the average weight of B, C, D, and E becomes 79 kg. Find the weight of A.

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## #2 2006-03-11 17:24:00

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## #3 2006-03-11 17:36:14

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Character is who you are when no one is looking.

## #4 2006-04-22 05:13:52

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Not sure but
A+B+c=252 ( average of 84*3) eq1
A+b+c+d=320 eq2
eq1 -eq2
d=68
b+c+d+e=316 eq3
e=d+3
sub into eq3
b+c+2d+3=316 eq4
eq2-eq4
A-d-3=4
a=d+7
(knowing d is 68)
a=75

## #5 2006-04-22 14:28:34

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Well done, thinkdesigns!

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## #6 2009-01-05 11:24:46

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A # 2

Q: Who wrote the novels Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse?

## #7 2009-02-07 22:39:05

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Q: Who wrote the novels Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse?

## #8 2010-04-19 17:15:38

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### Re: Average

The weight of person A is 72.

## #9 2010-04-19 17:49:38

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Hi keveenjones;

Welcome to the forum!

You get 3 equations in 4 unknowns:

Clear out fractions:

Subtract 1 from 2 and you get:

D = 68. Now use that in 2 and 3:

Subtract 2 from 1

A = 75.

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## #10 2010-08-17 14:18:46

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There are many different types of equation for find the average. I give the easy equation are given the below.

y = f^{-1}\left(\frac{f(x_1)+f(x_2)+\cdots+f(x_n)}{n}\right),

## #11 2010-08-17 19:18:38

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Hi jonnyj99,

The posts are understood better with LaTeX.

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## #12 2010-08-17 19:36:14

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Hi jonnyj99;

Welcome to the forum!

Ganesh is right. You forgot the math tags on both ends of your latex.

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
I have the result, but I do not yet know how to get it.
All physicists, and a good many quite respectable mathematicians are contemptuous about proof.

## #13 2011-03-01 16:34:15

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[hide=A's weight]85kg[hide/]

Maths!......

## #14 2011-03-01 20:12:39

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Hi G-man;

That is close but the answer is 75, please see post #9.

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
I have the result, but I do not yet know how to get it.
All physicists, and a good many quite respectable mathematicians are contemptuous about proof.