An ice cream shop owner hires a clerk and informs him that the mean weight of scoops of ice cream should be 48 grams. The clerk weighs out seven ice cream scoops with the following weights in grams: 45, 44, 49, 48, 50, 46, and 47. How many grams of ice cream should be added to the smallest of these scoops to obtain an average weight of 48 grams for the seven scoops?   Your Answer:   grams

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An ice cream shop owner hires a clerk and informs him that the mean weight of scoops of ice cream should be 48 grams. The clerk weighs out seven ice cream scoops with the following weights in grams: 45, 44, 49, 48, 50, 46, and 47. How many grams of ice cream should be added to the smallest of these scoops to obtain an average weight of 48 grams for the seven scoops?
 
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