Question

What is the sum of 5 numbers whose average is 5 more than 5?

Answer 1

The sum of 5 numbers with an average of 5 more than 5 is 50

Explanation:

Let the first five letters of the alphabet be equal to the 5 numbers being summed.

Let the average be represented by the following equation:

`(a + b + c + d + e)/(5) = 10`

To find the sum, we should get rid of the denominator. To do that we multiply 5 on both sides

`(a + b + c + d + e)/(5) (5) = 10(5)\\a + b + c + d + e = 50`

Therefore, we see to it that the sum of the 5 numbers is 50.