The mean of four consecutive even numbers is 15.

The greatest of these numbers is ____

The least of these numbers is _____
please just tell me the answer

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The mean of four consecutive even numbers is 15.

The greatest of these numbers is ____

The least of these numbers is _____ 
please just tell me the answer

anonymous · Answer

well first lets find what the sum of the numbers could be by multiplying 15*4 since there are 4 number
15*4=60 so the sum of the 4 numbers =60

anonymous · Answer

what??

anonymous · Answer

well mean=average 
and average is calculated by adding all of the numbers and dividing by the number of numbers added

anonymous · Answer

The greatest of these numbers is ____

The least of these numbers is _____

anonymous · Answer

the problem is not chain of consecutive numbers have the total of 60
13+14+15+16=58 and14+15+16+17=62

anonymous · Answer

so its ..
The greatest of these numbers is 62

The least of these numbers is 58?

anonymous · Answer

no there is no chain of 4 numbers that adds up to 60 to create a mean of 15

anonymous · Answer

the greatest would have been 16 with the least of 13 but that still doesnt give us 60

anonymous · Answer

wait hold on even numbers

anonymous · Answer

sorry let me try again

anonymous · Answer

here we go ok
so the chain of numbers would be 12, 14, 16 , and 18
18 is the greatest and 12 is the lowest

anonymous · Answer

is it 16 and 13???

anonymous · Answer

sorry misread it a bit

anonymous · Answer

18 and 12 now?

anonymous · Answer

yes I am deeply sorry

anonymous · Answer

its okay :) thank you for answering!

anonymous · Answer

no problem