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by danjuma » Fri Oct 15, 2010 12:40 pm
A certain meter records voltage between 0 and 10 volts inclusive. If the mean value of the 3 recordings on the meter was 8 volts, what was the smallest possible reading in volts?
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by uwhusky » Fri Oct 15, 2010 12:43 pm
4?

10 + 10 + 4 = 24.

The other two being maximum of 10 while the total still has an average of 8.
Yep.