Five numbers are selected and deleted from a set of consecutive positive integers beginning with 1. The arithmetic mean of the remaining numbers in the set is 45.1.

Find the largest possible single number that could have been deleted from the original set.

(In reply to Solution by hoodat)

"yielding an average of 41.1"

It was supposed to be 45.1.

Posted by Charlie on 2007-05-09 15:26:34