Question

The average of two numbers is 1/4. One of the numbers is 1/8. Find the other number

Answer 1

3/8

Explanation:

the formula to find average of a set of values is, you add all the numbers, then you divide by the total amount of numbers.

you can work backwards with your problem by multiplying 1/4*2

`(1)/(4) * 2 = (1)/(2)`

then you subtract 1/8 from that

`(1)/(2) - (1)/(8) = (3)/(8)`

3/8 is the other number to get an average of 1/4