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by CaptainOats » Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:41 am
Hey Guys,

I am faced with the following average question from a testbook...can u help me?

"The average of 11 games is 50. The average of the first 6 is 49, and the last 6 is 52.
->What is the result of the 6th game?"

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by kmittal82 » Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:52 am
Let the games be a1,a2....a11

a1 + a2 + a3 + ...... a11
------------------------------ = 50
11

Thus, a1 + a2 + .... .a11 = 550

>The average of the first 6 is 49
Using similar logic, a1 + a2... + a6 = 294

>and the last 6 is 52
a6 + a7 + a8 + a9 + a10 + a11 = 312

Add the above two equations, and you will get (a1 + a2 +.... 2xa6 + a7+ ... a11 ) = 606
We know that a1+a2+a3+a4+.... a11 = 550, so we can deduce that

a6 + 550 = 606 => a6 = 56
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by CaptainOats » Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:00 am
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by Abhishek009 » Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:09 am
CaptainOats wrote:Hey Guys,

I am faced with the following average question from a testbook...can u help me?

"The average of 11 games is 50. The average of the first 6 is 49, and the last 6 is 52.
->What is the result of the 6th game?"

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Since kmittal82 has wonderfully explained the basics let me work out the shortcut which we can adopt easily:

Sum of all the 11 games = 550

Sum of first 6 games = 294

Sum of last 6 games is = 312

Value of the 6th game is the one which is calculated twice ( Value of a6 ) is (312+294) - 550 = 56
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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:12 am
CaptainOats wrote:Hey Guys,

I am faced with the following average question from a testbook...can u help me?

"The average of 11 games is 50. The average of the first 6 is 49, and the last 6 is 52.
->What is the result of the 6th game?"

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Another approach would be to plug in the answer choices, one of which would say that the result of the 6th game was 56.

Sum of all 11 games = (number of games)*(average) = 11*50 = 550.

Sum of first 6 games = (number of games)*(average) = 6*49 = 294
Thus, sum of first 5 games = 294 - 6th game = 294-56 = 238.

Sum of last 6 games = (number of games)*(average) = 6*52 = 312
Thus, sum of last 5 games = 312 - 6th game = 312-56 = 256.

Sum of all 11 games = sum of first 5 games + 6th game + sum of last 5 games = 238 + 56 + 256 = 550. Success!
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