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Average other (Posted on 2020-07-01) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Each member of a group of 37 students was sent to one of three rooms.

Later, each was asked "How many other students were in your room?" The average of these responses was 12.

How is this possible?

No Solution Yet Submitted by Jer    
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re: Solution | Comment 3 of 6 |
(In reply to Solution by Brian Smith)

oh, thanks Brian.  I missed the key word "other".  My apologies to Jer.
  Posted by Steve Herman on 2020-07-01 10:06:23

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