4. You were sick and take a test a day late. Your 95 raised the class average from
69 to 70. How many students, including you, took the test?

Respuesta :

If your class is composed by [tex]n[/tex] students (you including), we deduce that [tex]n-1[/tex] students took the test. Let [tex]g_1,\g_2,\ldots,g_{n-1}[/tex] be the grades of your colleagues. We have

[tex]\dfrac{g_1+g_2+\ldots+g_{n-1}}{n-1}=69 \iff g_1+g_2+\ldots+g_{n-1}=69(n-1)[/tex]

If we consider your grade as well, the new average will be

[tex]\dfrac{g_1+g_2+\ldots+g_{n-1}+g_n}{n}=70 \iff \dfrac{69(n-1)+95}{n}=70[/tex]

Solving this equation for n, we have

[tex]\dfrac{69(n-1)+95}{n}=70 \iff 69n-69+95=70n \iff n=95-69=26[/tex]