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Laura is bowling 5 games. Her first 4 scores were 99, 81, 90, and 86. To end up with an average score of at least 94, what is the smallest score Laura will need in the fifth game? 183 114 99

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114

1) Gathering the data

The mean is calculated by adding all the numbers and divided by the number of observations in this case 5.

So, Laura needs to score 114 to get at least 94 as an average.

Laura is bowling 5 games. Her first 4 scores were 99, 81, 90, and 86. To end up with-example-1
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