There are eleven distinct positive integers. The average of the numbers is 12. In these eleven numbers, find the largest possible number.
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Average of 11 distinct positive integers is 12, this means their sum is 1 2 × 1 1 ⇒ 1 3 2 .
Now we need one maximum possible number, which means rest of the ten integers should be minimum but distinct, we know 1 is the smallest positive integer, so the sum of minimum possible ten positive integers is 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ⋯ + 1 0 = 5 5 .
Largest possible number ⇒ 1 3 2 − 5 5 = 7 7