The 'Mean'est Problem ever!

"In a class of p p students, the average (arithmetic mean) of the test scores is 70 70 .

In another class of n n students, the average of the scores for the same test is 92 92 .

When the scores of the two classes are combined, the average of the test scores is 86 86 .

Find the value p n \dfrac{p}{n} and give your answer in its decimal form.


Reference wiki : sat mean, median, and mode


This problem is not original and was found in a thread of hard SAT questions in Quora.


The answer is 0.375.

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4 solutions

X p = 70 X = 70 p \dfrac{X}{p}= 70 \rightarrow X= 70p (Sum of scores of first class)

Y n = 92 Y = 92 n \dfrac{Y}{n}= 92 \rightarrow Y= 92n (Sum of scores of second class)

X + Y p + n = 86 70 p + 92 n p + n = 86 \dfrac{X+Y}{p+n}= 86 \rightarrow \dfrac{70p+92n}{p+n}= 86

70 p + 92 n = 86 p + 86 n 6 n = 16 p 70p+92n=86p+86n \rightarrow 6n=16p

p n = 6 16 = 0.375 \dfrac{p}{n}= \dfrac{6}{16}= \boxed{0.375}

Talulah Riley
Sep 25, 2020

The S F S_F denotes the score of F F th student in class

Same way(+1).such a easy problem

SRIJAN Singh - 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Too ez. Piece of cake, mate. Imagine being part of the 3 percent that didn't get it right though; lol. I mean; I don't want to belittle them or be an asshole, but maybe maths isn't their thing lmao.

Krishna Karthik - 8 months, 1 week ago

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yes ......

SRIJAN Singh - 8 months, 1 week ago

now 5% lol

SRIJAN Singh - 8 months ago
Nico di Angelo
Dec 11, 2020

I USED THE WAY OF THE OF MY ANCIENT GREEK AND ITALIAN ANCESTORS

Seriously Nico? Did you get Annabeth to help you? (lol)

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No, as a matter of fact, I did it on my own,

with a tiny, very tiny bit of godly help

Nico di Angelo - 6 months ago

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Tell me the name of one god other than Hestia who would get over their overblown ego and actually help a demigod with math problems... That's right, none, nada.

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@A Former Brilliant Member Apollo, he is kinda moral now if you haven't noticed

Nico di Angelo - 6 months ago

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@Nico di Angelo Oh, yeah, he has turned over a new leaf after the Python incident. He even gave me blue cookies! Ok, you win this time death breath, but only because of my short memory...

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@A Former Brilliant Member hey, what's your dad up to?

Nico di Angelo - 6 months ago

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@Nico di Angelo ...something embarrassing like singing 'Under the Sea' or watching 'Little Mermaid' no doubt...

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@A Former Brilliant Member if your dad didn't love you, he would kill you

Nico di Angelo - 6 months ago

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@Nico di Angelo and that's why I'm awesome :D

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@A Former Brilliant Member another reason your alive is because the other gods don't want to offend Posidon so they don't kill you.

Nico di Angelo - 6 months ago

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@Nico di Angelo Of course, the only time I find the Ancient Laws advantageous too...or I'd be ded at the amount of disrespect and sass i show them...

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@A Former Brilliant Member right, if forgot they can't attack you unless, you attack first

Nico di Angelo - 6 months ago

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@Nico di Angelo That's why, rule numero uno, is always piss off the gods, but never attack :P

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@A Former Brilliant Member you going to be killed someday

Nico di Angelo - 6 months ago

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@Nico di Angelo I'll gladly accept if I get to piss off the gods all my life :P

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@A Former Brilliant Member What did hestia ever do to you?

Nico di Angelo - 6 months ago

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@Nico di Angelo Well, all the gods except Hestia and Dad obviously...and Apollo maybe...and Artemis...coz she can order her Hunters to kill me...Hestia is my fav goddess. :)

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@A Former Brilliant Member Yeah, she makes good food.

"Shutter" remember luke castelen's mom? "Sutter"

Nico di Angelo - 6 months ago
Krishna Karthik
Oct 1, 2020

The mean of the first class can be given by: t p p = 70 \displaystyle \frac{t_p}{p} = 70

Mean of second class: t n n = 92 \displaystyle \frac{t_n}{n} = 92

t p + t n = 70 p + 92 n t_p + t_n = 70p+92n

Average: 70 p + 92 n p + n = 86 \displaystyle \frac{70p+92n}{p+n} = 86

Simple algebraic manipulation gives 6 16 \frac{6}{16}

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