Natural Numbers....................

The average of five consecutive natural numbers is m . If the next three natural numbers are also included, how much more than m will the average of these 8 numbers be ?


The answer is 1.5.

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2 solutions

Sean Rong
Jan 23, 2016

Honestly you could just test with the smallest natural numbers. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: avg is 3

Add in 6, 7, 8 the average is 4.5 4.5-3=1.5

Nicole Tay
Jan 10, 2016

Let the first natural number be a.

Then the 5 natural numbers are a, a+1, a+2, a+3, a+4

total = 5a+10

average = a+2

so m = a+2

Next 3 Numbers: a+5, a+6, a+7

New total = 8a+28

New average = a+3.5

Difference = 1.5

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