The Average of the Rest

The average of 999 numbers is 999.

From these numbers I choose 729 of them, and coincidentally, their average is 729.

Find the average of the remaining numbers.


The answer is 1728.

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24 solutions

Sujoy Roy
Nov 23, 2014

Total of 999 999 numbers is 999 999 999*999 and total of chosen 729 729 numbers is 729 729 729*729 .

So, average of remaining numbers is 999 999 729 729 999 729 = ( 999 + 729 ) ( 999 729 ) 999 729 = 999 + 729 = 1728 \frac{999*999-729*729}{999-729} =\frac{(999+729)(999-729)}{999-729}=999+729=1728

William Isoroku
Nov 24, 2014

The average of 999 numbers is 999: a 1 + a 2 + a 3 + . . . . . a 999 999 = 999 \frac { { a }_{ 1 }+{ a }_{ 2 }+{ a }_{ 3 }+.....{ a }_{ 999 } }{ 999 } =999 Multiply both sides by 999 999 gives us the sum of the 999 numbers.

The average of the 729 of these 999 numbers is 729: a 1 + a 2 + a 3 + . . . . . a 729 729 = 729 \frac { { a }_{ 1 }+{ a }_{ 2 }+{ a }_{ 3 }+.....{ a }_{ 729 } }{ 729 } =729 Multiply both sides by 729 729 gives us the sum of these 729 numbers.

To find the sum of the remaining 270 numbers, we subtract the sums of the 999 numbers and the 729 numbers: ( a 1 + a 2 + a 3 + . . . . . a 999 ) ( a 1 + a 2 + a 3 + . . . . . a 729 ) = 999 2 729 2 = 466560 ({ a }_{ 1 }+{ a }_{ 2 }+{ a }_{ 3 }+.....{ a }_{ 999 })-({ a }_{ 1 }+{ a }_{ 2 }+{ a }_{ 3 }+.....{ a }_{ 729 })=\quad { 999 }^{ 2 }-{ 729 }^{ 2 }=466560 .

Now divide 466560 466560 by 270 270 to get the average of those 270 270 numbers which is 1728 \boxed{1728} .

Its not 207 .......its 270

Shubhendu Tripathi - 6 years, 6 months ago

You have arrived at the right answer , but you have showed 207 as the residuary number of numbers, for which the answer would not tally.

Chellappanpillai S. Radhakrishnan - 6 years, 6 months ago

i didn't got any explanation like this thanQ sir

yatish kumar - 5 years, 10 months ago

270 numbers remain (999 minus 729), not 207.

Ron Brumleve - 6 years, 6 months ago
Michael Ng
Nov 23, 2014

The sum of the remaining numbers is 99 9 2 72 9 2 999^2-729^2 and there are 999 729 999-729 of them. Hence the average is: 99 9 2 72 9 2 999 729 = 999 + 729 = 1728 \frac{999^2-729^2}{999-729} = 999+729 = \boxed{1728} by the difference of two squares.

i used the same technique

Parv Maurya - 6 years, 6 months ago
Jintu Baishya
Nov 23, 2014

(999 x 999)-(729 x 729)/ (999-729) =1728

Jansen Wu
Dec 1, 2014

We know that The Average Formula is X = X 1 × f 1 + X 2 × f 2 + . . + X n × f n f 1 + f 2 + . . + f n X = \frac{X_{1} \times f_{1} + X_{2} \times f_{2} + . . + X_{n} \times f_{n}}{f_{1} + f_{2} + . . + f_{n}} , So we can input the following information : 999 = 729 × 729 + ( 999 729 ) × y 999 999 = \frac{729 \times 729 + (999-729) \times y}{999} while y is the answer of the problem. And we got 99 9 2 = 72 9 2 + 270 × y 999^{2} = 729^{2} + 270 \times y Hence, y is y = 99 9 2 72 9 2 270 y = \frac{999^{2} - 729^{2}}{270} y = ( 999 + 729 ) ( 999 729 ) 270 y = \frac{(999 + 729)(999-729)}{270} y = 1728 × 270 270 y = \frac{1728 \times 270}{270} y = 1728 × 270 270 y = 1728 \times \frac{270}{270} y = 1728 × 1 y = 1728 \times 1 y = 1728 y = 1728 So, the average of the remaing numbers is 1728 \boxed{1728}

William Teixeira
Nov 30, 2014

999 es la media de los 999 números. Si los dividimos en 2 grupos, uno de 729 números (cuya media es 729) y otro de 270 números (cuya media es "M"), la media ponderada de las medias de estos grupos tiene que ser 999.

( 729 729 + 270 M ) 999 = 999 , \frac{(729*729 + 270*M)}{999} = 999, de donde se obtiene M = 1728. M = 1728.

Nayanmoni Baishya
Nov 23, 2014

999=(a1+a2+a3+...+a999)/999, 729=(a1+a2+a3+...+a729)/729, a730+a731+a732+...+a999=(999^2-729^2)/999-729=999+729=1728

999 999-729 729=270 1728 Average=270 1728/270=1728

The sum total of 999 numbers is 998,001. The sum total of 729 numbers is 513,441. There are 270 numbers remaining and the difference of the first two statements is 466,560. Hence, the average of the remaining numbers is 466,560/270 = 1,728.

Hadia Qadir
Jul 21, 2015

999+ 729 = 1728 answer

Ramiel To-ong
May 26, 2015

Sum of all 999 numbers = 999x999 = 998001 Sum of all 729 numbers = 729x729 = 531441 Average of the remaining numbers = ( 998001 - 531441)/( 999 - 729 ) =1728

The average of the 999 numbers = 999 = [(729*729 )+ ((999-729) * X)]/999 So, X= 1728.

a=999 b=729

Average of remaining numbers =

     a.a -b.b / a-b   =  a+b =  1728
Fox To-ong
Dec 16, 2014

calcu ray nag solve..eheheh

Christian Zinck
Dec 14, 2014

A very interesting, yet simple difference of squares problem. If you have the ability to see through the problem it is easy to determine that it is 999 + 729, which is the answer 1728.

Helen Caintic
Dec 7, 2014

Get the total of the 999 numbers by multipying 999 and 999. The total is 998001. Then, get the total of 729 chosen numbers by multiplying 729 and 729. The total is 531441. Subtract 531441 from 998001 to get the total of the remaining 270 numbers. The total of the remaining 270 numbers is 466560. Get the average of the remaining 270 numbers by dividing 466560 by 270. The answer is 1728.

Griffin Forsgren
Dec 1, 2014

If the average of 999 numbers is 999, then their sum is 999^2. If we remove 729 numbers with an average of 729, then we have a sum of 999^2 - 729^2. To find the average, we divide this number by the total number of remaining items. So, we have: (999^2 - 729^2)/(999 - 729) (999^2 - 729^2)/270 466560/270 1728

Krishna Kumar
Nov 30, 2014

Total of 999 no.s = 999*999 = (1000-1) (1000-1) =9,98,001 using identity Similarly, total of 729 no.s is 5,31,441. Sum of remaining 270 nos. =4,66,560 Avge. or remaining no.s =4,66,560/ 270 = 1728

Barry Evans
Nov 30, 2014

999 + 270 (729/270) = 1728

Frank Jackson
Nov 30, 2014

999*999=998001

729*729=531441

998001-531441=466560

999-729=270

466560/270=1728

1234567890-987654321-009-7868-08908060-0-897654-123456789+78=1728

Naveen Kumawat - 6 years ago
Prasad Ram
Nov 30, 2014

For this kind of problems i found one pattern to solve the problem i.e add the given two numbers therefore 999+729 = 1728

(729/999) x 729 + (270/999) x Average=999 --> Average = ( 999^2 - 729^2 )/270

Guillermo Wenrich
Nov 30, 2014

We know that the sum of all the numbers has to be 999 * 999 since 999 is the average of 999 numbers. Similarly we also know that the sum of the 729 numbers with 729 as their average has to be 729 * 729. Finally we know that there are 270 numbers left, so the total sum of those will be the average, or n, * 270. We can then set up the equation as 729^2 + 270n = 999^2. Bring the 729^2 over for a difference of squares: 270n = 999^2 - 729^2--> 270n = (999-729)(999+729)--> 270n = (270)(1728)--> n = 1728

Pranav Sharma
Nov 30, 2014

i also used the same technique.

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