the exact average of a set of six test scores is 92. five of these scores are 90 98 96 94 85. what is the other score?

What is your thinking on this question?

is it like first we take out the mean of the 5 nos...then ....i don't know i didn't understand what does 92 represent?

ok thanks

JAsmine,

Lily told you exactly how to work this problem a few posts earlier.

To find the average of a set of numbers, you add up all the numbers and then divide the sum by the total number of numbers. In this case, you have the average and five out of the six test scores.

To find the remaining score, follow these steps:

1. Calculate the sum of the known scores: 90 + 98 + 96 + 94 + 85 = 463.
2. Subtract the sum of the known scores from the product of the average and the total number of scores. In this case, the average is 92 and the total number of scores is 6: (92 * 6) - 463 = 552 - 463 = 89.

Therefore, the other score is 89.

92 is the average of the set of of six text scores.