Ramesh and Gautam are among 22 students who write an examination. Ramesh scores 82.5. The average score of the

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Ramesh and Gautam are among 22 students who write an examination. Ramesh scores 82.5. The average score of the 21 students other than Gautam is 62. The average score of all the 22 students is one more than the average score of the 21 students other than Ramesh. The score of Gautam is

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51. Assume the average of 21 students other than Ramesh = a Sum of the scores of 21 students other than Ramesh = 21a Hence the average of 22 students = a+1 Sum of the scores of all 22 students = 22(a+1) The score of Ramesh = Sum of scores of all 22 students - Sum of the scores of 21 students other than