I got 65 for my answer. Hope that helps!
Answer:
There are 80 marks in total.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the number of total marks be
.
The percentage score of the student can be written as the ratio
.
However,
.
Equating the two:
.
Cross-multiply (that is: multiple both sides by
, the product of the two denominators) to get
.
.
In other words, there are 80 marks in total.
Lets say your numbers are these...
10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90 and 100
you would add those to get 650
Now how many numbers did you add?
You added 10
so now divided
650 by 10
you get 65
that is the mean of those numbers!