Eleven Positive Integers

There are eleven distinct positive integers. The average of the numbers is 12. In these eleven numbers, find the largest possible number.

76 74 77 75

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2 solutions

Yash Jain
Apr 30, 2016

Average of 11 distinct positive integers is 12, this means their sum is 12 × 11 132 12 \times 11 \Rightarrow 132 .

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 + + 10 = 55 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + \cdots +10 = 55 .

Largest possible number 132 55 = 77 \Rightarrow 132 - 55 = \boxed{77}

Sal Gard
Apr 29, 2016

Make sure you include "distinct integers" or otherwise it is wrong. Anyway, the sum of the integers is 132. Based off the answers, the numbers are distinct. For maximization of the last one, we pick 1 to 10. Hence 132-55=77.

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