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Miss Levans gave her class an exam on which the possible scores were integers from 0 to 100. If the class median was 91 points and the average was 95 points, what was the top score in the class?

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Answer:

100

Explanation:

Suppose there are 2n+1 students in the class. If n+1 of them score 91, and n of them score the high score h, for the average to be 95, we must have ...

91(n+1) +nh = 95(2n+1)

91n +91 +nh = 190n +95

nh = 99n +4

h = 99 +4/n

The high score must be greater than 99. The high score must be 100.

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