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Fifty numbers have an average of 76. Forty of these numbers have an average of 80. What is the average of the other ten numbers?

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Solution

If 50 numbers have an average of 76, then the sum of these 50 numbers is 50(76)=380050(76)=3800. If 40 numbers have an average of 80, then the sum of these 40 numbers is 40(80)=320040(80)=3200. Therefore, the sum of the 10 remaining numbers is 38003200=6003800-3200=600, and so the average of the 10 remaining numbers is 60010=60\frac{600}{10}=60.

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