Question

A store sold 1800 bags in 1985 and 1500 bags in 1986. If they averaged selling 2100 bags per year through 1987, how many

Answer 1

Answer:

3000 bags

Step-by-step explanation:

In this case we must apply the formula of the mean, which would be the sum of the values divided by the amount of data is the mean:

m = (a1 + a2 ... an) / n

In this case we know the mean, we must know the 1987 data, therefore:

Let x be the number of bags sold in 1987, replacing in the previous equation:

2100 = (1800 + 1500 + x) / 3

2100 * 3 = 3300 + x

x = 6300 - 3300

x = 3000

Therefore, for the average to be a total of 2100 bags in those 3 years, the amount of bag sold in 1987 must have been 3000 bags