My neighbor has three pets in his home, all dogs. Fifi is the little French poodle. The name of his big St. Bernard is Maxx. And, Sparky, the medium-sized dog, is, well, let's just say, he is of no particular breed.
Last week he took his beloved pets to the vet for their annual health check-ups and shots. The doctor weighed them as part of the examination. Upon returning home, my friend told me the animals' weights in an unusual way. He said:
Tell me now how much each dog weighs, individually.
Extra: Write an expression for the arithmetic mean of the dogs' weights. Use the same variables you chose for the main problem.
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