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The average marks of a student in six subjects is 94. After re-evaluation in three subjects the marks were changed to 89 from 75, 90 from 82 and 88 from 80. In the remaining subjects, the marks remained unchanged. Find the new average marks.
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Calculate the net change in total marks by summing the individual differences ((89тИТ75)+(90тИТ82)+(88тИТ80)=14+8+8=30), divide this net change by the total number of subjects (6), and add it directly to the old average (94+5=99).
Average marks in 6 subjects = 94, Total marks changed for 3 subjects (89 from 75, 90 from 82, 88 from 80), remaining 3 subjects unchanged.
New┬аAverage=Old┬аAverage+nтИС╬ФmarksтАЛ
Calculate the net change in total marks by summing the individual differences ((89тИТ75)+(90тИТ82)+(88тИТ80)=14+8+8=30), divide this net change by the total number of subjects (6), and add it directly to the old average (94+5=99).
Multiplying the old average by 6 to find the old total, modifying each subject individually, and then recalculating the average the long way, which increases calculation errors.
Calculate the difference for each re-evaluated subject
Find the change in marks for each of the three subjects where marks were modified by subtracting the original marks from the new marks: 89тИТ75=14, 90тИТ82=8, and 88тИТ80=8.
╬Ф1тАЛ=14,╬Ф2тАЛ=8,╬Ф3тАЛ=8
Find the net total change in marks
Sum up all individual mark changes to find the total increase in marks across all subjects: 14+8+8=30.
TotalIncrease=14+8+8=30
Calculate the increase in average marks
Divide the net total increase in marks by the total number of subjects (n=6) to find how much the average increases: 630тАЛ=5.
AverageIncrease=630тАЛ=5
Determine the new average marks
Add the average increase to the old average marks: 94+5=99.
NewAverage=94+5=99
A is correct because the new average marks calculated after accounting for the re-evaluation changes is 99.
This net-change shortcut is universally applicable to problems involving weighted averages, score updates, and salary revisions across quantitative aptitude tests.