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prealgebra senior

Problem

The average of the numbers and is . What is ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
We first sum the first numbers: . Then, we know that the sum of the series is . There are terms, so we can divide this sum by and set it equal to : Using difference of squares: Thus, the answer is .
Final answer
B