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# In a certain quiz that consists of 10 questions, each question after

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In a certain quiz that consists of 10 questions, each question after the first is worth 4 points more than the preceding question. If the 10 questions on the quiz are worth a total of 360 points, how many points is the third question worth?
A. 18
B. 24
C. 26
D. 32
E. 44
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lpetroski wrote:
In a certain quiz that consists of 10 questions, each question after the first is worth 4 points more than the preceding question. If the 10 questions on the quiz are worth a total of 360 points, how many points is the third question worth?
A. 18
B. 24
C. 26
D. 32
E. 44

Hi,

If we look at the increase, it tells us that it is a arithmetic expression..

let the first number be x..
so $$SUM of 1st 10= x+4+x+x+8+....x+4*9$$..
so $$SUM = 10x+4(1+2+..+9)=360$$
10x+180=360..
10x=180 or x=18..
so 3rd number= 18+4*2=26

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Equation is like this:

$$10x + ( 4 + 8 + 12 + ... + 32) = 360$$

to find sum of the evenly spaced sequence, use average * number of the members in the sequence

$$10x + (20*9) = 360$$

$$10x + 180 = 360$$
$$x = 18$$

So, $$x + 8 = 26$$

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Re: In a certain quiz that consists of 10 questions, each question after [#permalink]

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12 Apr 2016, 04:34
Aves wrote:
Equation is like this:

$$10x + ( 4 + 8 + 12 + ... + 32) = 360$$

to find sum of the evenly spaced sequence, use average * number of the members in the sequence

$$10x + (20*9) = 360$$

$$10x + 180 = 360$$
$$x = 18$$

So, $$x + 8 = 26$$

chetan went the orthodox way.
But Aves chose the short cut and ended up creating confusion in middle of the solution.
Quote:
to find sum of the evenly spaced sequence, use average * number of the members in the sequence
i understand that very well.
What you did further was like you forgot what you said above.

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05 May 2016, 09:19
Aves wrote:
Equation is like this:

$$10x + ( 4 + 8 + 12 + ... + 32) = 360$$

to find sum of the evenly spaced sequence, use average * number of the members in the sequence

$$10x + (20*9) = 360$$

$$10x + 180 = 360$$
$$x = 18$$

So, $$x + 8 = 26$$

Thanks for the detailed explanation, helped a lot. But the red 32 has to be a 36, right?

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Re: In a certain quiz that consists of 10 questions, each question after [#permalink]

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Aves wrote:
Equation is like this:

$$10x + ( 4 + 8 + 12 + ... + 32) = 360$$

to find sum of the evenly spaced sequence, use average * number of the members in the sequence

$$10x + (20*9) = 360$$

$$10x + 180 = 360$$
$$x = 18$$

So, $$x + 8 = 26$$

Good shortcut - will use this in the future.

I did it the long way but still got the question right in about 90 seconds

x
x+4
x+8
x+12
x+16
x+20
x+24
x+28
x+32
x+36

10x+180=360
10x=180
x=18

3rd question = x+8 = 18+8 = 26

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Re: In a certain quiz that consists of 10 questions, each question after [#permalink]

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01 Aug 2016, 12:18
I found a shortcut for the same. Since we know that there are 10 questions on the quiz and all questions are evenly placed by 4 points, DO NOT choose the points in the first question as x.

So, the numbers will be:
1) x-16
2) x-12
3) x-8
4) x-4
5) x
6) x+4
7) x+8
8) x+12
9) x+16
10) x+20

Adding all the above 10 will lead to a simple sum of 10x + 20 (-16 & 16 will lead to a sum of 0, same for -12& +12 so on & so forth)

SO, 10x + 20 = 360
10x= 340
x= 34
3rd question = x-8= 34-8 = 26.

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Re: In a certain quiz that consists of 10 questions, each question after [#permalink]

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09 Sep 2016, 12:28
Dondarrion wrote:
Aves wrote:
Equation is like this:

$$10x + ( 4 + 8 + 12 + ... + 32) = 360$$

to find sum of the evenly spaced sequence, use average * number of the members in the sequence

$$10x + (20*9) = 360$$

$$10x + 180 = 360$$
$$x = 18$$

So, $$x + 8 = 26$$

Good shortcut - will use this in the future.

I did it the long way but still got the question right in about 90 seconds

x
x+4
x+8
x+12
x+16
x+20
x+24
x+28
x+32
x+36

10x+180=360
10x=180
x=18

3rd question = x+8 = 18+8 = 26

I did it this way also.

The quick way to do this math is
x + 4(sum of 1 through 9) =
x + 4(45) =
x + 180

(Sum of 1 through 9) is found by:
Average of first and last term * number of terms =
1 + 9 = 10/2 = 5
1 through 9 = 9 terms
9*5 = 45

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lpetroski wrote:
In a certain quiz that consists of 10 questions, each question after the first is worth 4 points more than the preceding question. If the 10 questions on the quiz are worth a total of 360 points, how many points is the third question worth?
A. 18
B. 24
C. 26
D. 32
E. 44

This is an Arithmetic Progression (A.P.) with terms => a, a+4, a+8, ...., a + (n-1) *4

a => First Term of Series
n => Number of the term
l => Last Term

So, l = a + (10-1) * 4 = a + 9*4 = a + 36

Sum of an A.P. Series = $$\frac{n*(a+l)}{2}$$ => Standard Formula

Therefore,

$$360 = \frac{n*(a+l)}{2} => 360 = \frac{10*(a+a+36)}{2}$$

=> 360 = 5 * (2a + 36) => 72 = 2a + 36

=> 2a = 36 => a = 18

Therefore, 3rd Term = a + 8 = 26
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Re: In a certain quiz that consists of 10 questions, each question after [#permalink]

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08 Sep 2017, 20:28
I got this in a similar approach but we can calculate and get answer in 50 Secs.

Since the seq is in AP evenly spaced the sum= Avg* N

Seq is x,x+4, x+2*4,x+3*4, x+4*4,x+5*4,x+6*4,x+7*4,x+8*4,x+9*4 ( don't need to write the entire seq just get the idea how seq is going to form )

and so on the average of evenly spaced set of 10 numbers is average of 5th and 6th value.

Since each term is increment of 4 the mid value between 5 and 6 will be increment of 2 from 5th value
so fifth value is x+4*4= x+16
so average is x+18 so
(x+18)*10=360
x+18=36
or x=18
and third value is x+2*4=18+8= 26

The trick in above question is identifying the evenly spaced seq, then its average or median value and finding x.
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