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prealgebra intermediate

Problem

The average of the five numbers in a list is 54. The average of the first two numbers is 48. What is the average of the last three numbers?
Solution
The sum of all five numbers is . The sum of the first two numbers is , so the sum of the last three numbers is . The average of the last three numbers is .
Final answer
58