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  • Sep 22, 2008, 05:34 PM
    Celia Taylor
    Finding Average
    How do you find the missing number when the average is given?
  • Sep 22, 2008, 08:43 PM
    dcasmr
    Suppose you have 5 numbers: 10, 15, 20, 25, 30
    The average is 20.
    Now, if we know the average, the number of observations which are 5 on this example,
    Then, the missing number is 5*20 - (10+20+25+30) = 100-85 = 15

    More generally, the missing number is the mean times the number of observations minus the numbers that you know.

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