The average of numbers is . What is their sum?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 336
- Step 1: Recall the mathematical relationship between the average, count, and sum of a dataset: .
- Step 2: Rearrange the definition to express the total sum: .
- Step 3: Substitute and : .
Answer
336.
Why not the others: The alternative numerical choices (384, 55, 329) stem from misinterpreting algebraic constraints, applying wrong arithmetic operations, or calculation slips.
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