Question

GRADES On her first four quizzes, Rachael has earned scores of 21, 24, 23, and 17 points. What score must Rachael
earn on her fifth and final quiz so that both the mean and median of her quiz scores is 21?
points

Answer 1

Answer:
20

Explanation:
For the mean to be 21, the total of the 5 numbers must be 21*5= 105

To find what the final quiz score must be, we need to subtract the first 4 scores from 105. 105- 21- 24- 23- 17= 20

We can check this answer by finding the median of the 5 numbers now (17,20,21,24,23). The new median is 21 which means the final quiz score must be 20!

Hope this helped! :)