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The average weight of 15 items is 8kg. The least average [#permalink] New post 30 Oct 2007, 08:29
The average weight of 15 items is 8kg. The least average weight of 5 items of these 15 is 5 kg. If no item weighs less than 5kg, what is the maximum number of items that can have the same weight?

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Can some tell me what exactly is "least average" weight in different words?
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 [#permalink] New post 30 Oct 2007, 09:06
My guess would be 14. the 5 weighing 5 kg......then 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,40

25kg + 95kg/15= 8kg

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 [#permalink] New post 28 Nov 2007, 08:35
jingy77 wrote:
My guess would be 14. the 5 weighing 5 kg......then 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,40

25kg + 95kg/15= 8kg

make sense?


ok so there is 2 constraints

first: the lowest 5 elements have an avg of 5kg = 25kg total
second: no element is less than 5kg, meaning the elements can weigh 5kg.

can u explain how we can the maximum # of elements that weigh the same?
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