2017 AMC 10B Problem 25
Problem 25 of 25HarderAlgebraNumber Theory
Last year Isabella took math tests and received different scores, each an integer between and inclusive. After each test she noticed that the average of her test scores was an integer. Her score on the seventh test was What was her score on the sixth test?
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Let be the sum of all seven scores. Since all seven averages were integers, is divisible by . Also the seven distinct scores are between and , so .
Thus , and the possible multiples of are . Since the seventh score is , the first six scores sum to , which must be divisible by . This forces .
The first six scores sum to . The first five-score average was also an integer, so the sum of the first five scores is divisible by . Therefore the sixth score is divisible by . Since the seventh score is already and all scores are distinct, the sixth score is . Thus, E is the correct answer.