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A rugby team played six games.

The mean score for the six games is 15
The rugby team played one more game.
The mean score for all seven games is 16
Work out the number of points the team scored in the seventh game

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Explanation:

mean score means the sum of all 6 scores divided by the number of games : 6.

sum6/6 = 15

sum6 = 15×6 = 90

(sum6 + x)/7 = 16

sum6 + x = 16×7 = 112

90 + x = 112

x = 22

they scored 22 points in the 7th game.