Suppose that a class of 32 students has a mean test score of 75. The 17 male students in the class had a mean score of 60. What was the mean score for the 15 female students? (Use at least two decimals of accuracy when applicable)

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Answer:

92

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the mean test scores of each female student.

The total scores of 15 female students would be [tex]15x[/tex].

We have been given that the 17 male students in the class had a mean score of 60.

The total scores of 17 male students would be [tex]17\times 60=1020[/tex].

We know that mean is equal to sum of data divided by total numbers in data set.

[tex]\text{Average}=\frac{\text{Sum}}{\text{Count}}[/tex]

We are told that a class of 32 students has a mean test score of 75.

[tex]75=\frac{1020+15x}{32}[/tex]

[tex]75*32=\frac{1020+15x}{32}*32[/tex]

[tex]2400=1020+15x[/tex]

[tex]2400-1020=1020-1020+15x[/tex]

[tex]1380=15x[/tex]

[tex]\frac{1380}{15}=\frac{15x}{15}[/tex]

[tex]92=x[/tex]

Therefore, the mean score for the 15 female students was 92.