The mean of 3 numbers is 20. Two of the numbers are 21, and 35. What is the 3rd number?

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    The mean of 3 numbers is 20. Two of the numbers are 21, and 35. What is the 3rd number?

    The mean of 3 numbers is the sum of 3 numbers divided by 3. Let the 3rd number be n. We have:
    Mean = (21 + 35 + n) / 3

    The Mean is given as 20, so we have:
    20 = (n + 56) / 3

    Cross multiply:
    n + 56 = 20 * 3
    n + 56 = 60

    To solve for n, we type this number in our search engine and we get:
    n = 4
     

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