Question

The total weight of all the students in a class is 3,159 lb. The mean weight of the students is 117 lb. How many students are there in the class?

Answer 1

There are 27 students in the class.

Explanation:

Since the total weight is 3,159 and the average weight is 117lb, you can just divide 3,159 by 117, which will give you 27.

Answer 2

27

Explanation:

You do 3159 ÷ 27

Comes out to 27

I found 27 by just plugging in numbers.

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