1991 AHSME Problems/Problem 16

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Problem

One hundred students at Century High School participated in the AHSME last year, and their mean score was 100. The number of non-seniors taking the AHSME was $50\%$ more than the number of seniors, and the mean score of the seniors was $50\%$ higher than that of the non-seniors. What was the mean score of the seniors?

(A) $100$ (B) $112.5$ (C) $120$ (D) $125$ (E) $150$

Solution

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See also

1991 AHSME (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 15
Followed by
Problem 17
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