Question

A farmer has 25 goats with a mean mass of 74 kg

The farmer acquires a new goat and the mean mass becomes 72 kg

What is the mass of the new goat?

Answer 1

Answer:

sum of the masses of the 25 goats take as x

then x/25=74

so 74×25=x

x=1850

after buying a new goat number of goats =26

so take the new goat mass=x

1850+x/26=72

Answer 2

Answer: 72

Step-by-step explanation:

sum of the masses of the 25 goats take as x

then x/25=74

so 74×25=x

x=1850

after buying a new goat number of goats =26

so take the new goat mass=x

1850+x/26=72