Lashonda has scored 69 , 65, and 77 on her previous three tests. What score does she need on her next test so that her average (mean) is 69?

65

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that her three tests are 69,65,77 so far

in order to get her average at 69 we need to do the following:

69+65+77+x=(69x4)

211+x=276

x=276-211=65

if she will get a 65 her average will be 69

the answer   is 200

step-by-step explanation:

this is a problem about poisson probabilities.   i don't know if you've

already studied poisson distributions, or if you have a place to look

to read more about the subject.  

here's how you can see a poisson distribution coming.   when there are

a lot of events that may happen at any time (or any place), and when

you're counting how many of them happen at a particular time (or a

particular place), and each event is independent of the others, then

the result is a poisson distribution.   this is roughly true for the

chocolate chips; one chip being in a cookie has only a small effect on

the probability that another chip will be in the cookie.

once you know you have a poisson distribution, you know a lot.   there

is only one parameter to a poisson distribution, so if you know the

mean, you know everything.   the form of the distribution is

  probability of n chips = {[e^(-x)]*(x^n)} / (n! )