Question

The average mass of 5 man basketball team is 70Kg. Four of team members have a mass of 50kg, 62kg, 81kg, and 84kg What is the mass of the fifth player???? 15 POINTS!!!

Answer 1

The mass of the fifth player is 73 kg

Explanation:

Since the average mass of the 5 players is 70kg

what this mean is that the total sum of all the masses of the players is equal to the product of 5 and 70 kg

we have this as 5 * 70kg = 350 kg

So, by adding the masses of all the players, we get 350kg

Thus, for us to get the mass of the 5th player, we have to subtract the sum of the remaining 4 from the total 350kg

Mathematically, we have this as;

350 - ( 50 + 62+ 81 + 84) = 73 kg