Question

Ryan has scores 32, 26, and 23 points in his four basketball games so far. How many points does he need to score in his next game so that his average (mean) is 26 points per game?

Answer 1

23 points

Explanation:

Let's first start out by first finding the current mean. We can find this by:

`(32+26+23)/(4)=27.`

So we know that his current average is 27 points per game, and we need the average to be 26. So, to find out the total number of points he scores from his 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th game, we will do:

`26\cdot4=104`

So if he needs 104 points in total to have an average of 26. So, we would subtract his total number of points from his 1st, 2nd, and 3rd game, from 104. If we do this, we would get:

`104-(32+26+23)=104-81=23`

So he would need to score 23 points next game to have an average of 26 points.

Answer 2

23

Explanation:

Ryan needs to score a 23 this game because if you add all the numbers together (32 + 26 + 23 + 23) then divide them

(32 + 26 + 23 + 23)/4

You will get 23.