A set of numbers has an average of . Another set of numbers has an average of . Find the average of the numbers in the sets combined.
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Some of you might say that solution is 2 4 + 5 . 2 1 = 4 . 6 0 5 . This is wrong.
In the first set, there are 2 1 numbers and the average is 4 . That means that the sum of the numbers in the first set is ( 2 1 ) ( 4 ) = 8 4 . It follows that the sum of the numbers in the second set is ( 1 0 0 ) ( 5 . 2 1 ) = 5 2 1 . The total sum of numbers in the 2 sets is 8 4 + 5 2 1 = 6 0 5 . The average is total sum divided by the total numbers.
a v e r a g e = 2 1 + 1 0 0 6 0 5 = 1 2 1 6 0 5 = 5 a n s w e r