Problema Solution

Jill has four of her five game scores: 8,6,6,3 Her average score for the five games is 6 points. What is the fifth game score?

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Let 'x' represent the fifth game score. We are looking for x, x = ?


The average score of 5 games is 6 points.

Following the definition of average score we have:


(8 + 6 + 6 + 3 + x) / 5 = 6

23 + x = 6 * 5

23 + x = 30

x = 30 - 23


x = 7


The fifth game score is 7 points.