Jambmaths question:
The mean of a set six number is 60. If the mean of the first five is 50. Find the sixth number in the set.
Option A:
105
Option B:
100
Option C:
95
Option D:
110
Jamb Maths Solution:
$\begin{align} & \overline{x}=\frac{\sum fx}{x} \\ & \frac{{{x}_{1}}+{{x}_{2}}+{{x}_{3}}+{{x}_{4}}+{{x}_{5}}+{{x}_{6}}}{6}=60\text{ }(\text{Mean of 6 numbers}=\overline{{{x}_{6}}}=60) \\ & \sum\limits_{i=1}^{6}{{{x}_{i}}}=360\text{ (Total sums of the 6 numbers}=6\times 60=360\text{) } \\ & \frac{{{x}_{1}}+{{x}_{2}}+{{x}_{3}}+{{x}_{4}}+{{x}_{5}}}{5}=50\text{ }(\text{Mean of 5 numbers}=\overline{{{x}_{5}}}=50) \\ & \sum\limits_{i=1}^{5}{{{x}_{i}}}=250\text{ }(\text{Total sum of the 5 numbers }=5\times 50=250) \\ & \sum\limits_{i=1}^{5}{{{x}_{i}}}+{{x}_{6}}=360 \\ & {{x}_{6}}=360-250=110 \\\end{align}$
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