Average: Which 39 of 78 values must be changed to 10 to change ave to 2.555987 ?

Cleo

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Hi, I got the following problem: the average of the series of 78 numbers below is 1.747124. By replacing less than half the values of the series by the value 10, the average changes to 2.555987. The question is: Which values in the list must be replaced by 10 to obtain this new average?
The values are as follows:
11.36389
21.40066
31.72826
41.28648
51.43318
61.16317
71.57636
81.63041
91.22395
101.76537
112.77626
121.67870
131.65930
141.45916
151.28028
161.63704
171.15892
181.84102
191.10999
201.11581
212.00301
222.07760
233.42425
241.49312
251.69360
261.49888
271.30992
283.59452
291.54222
302.06032
312.86248
324.50566
333.39482
341.42084
351.90052
361.17333
371.30051
381.54373
391.09667
401.30979
411.16120
421.04219
431.31448
441.45285
451.28534
461.06549
472.32310
481.58391
491.19171
502.27581
511.81921
522.16215
532.19933
542.27707
551.22519
562.24462
571.27673
581.74452
591.52962
601.92776
612.54179
623.49424
632.82271
641.27106
651.40216
661.08554
671.18694
681.03166
691.97202
701.13672
711.78846
721.89123
731.54785
741.61382
752.07479
761.82144
771.12454
781.87248
 
Hi, I got the following problem: the average of the series of 78 numbers below is 1.747124. By replacing less than half the values of the series by the value 10, the average changes to 2.555987. The question is: Which values in the list must be replaced by 10 to obtain this new average?
The values are as follows:
11.36389
21.40066
31.72826
41.28648
51.43318
61.16317
71.57636
81.63041
91.22395
101.76537
112.77626
121.67870
131.65930
141.45916
151.28028
161.63704
171.15892
181.84102
191.10999
201.11581
212.00301
222.07760
233.42425
241.49312
251.69360
261.49888
271.30992
283.59452
291.54222
302.06032
312.86248
324.50566
333.39482
341.42084
351.90052
361.17333
371.30051
381.54373
391.09667
401.30979
411.16120
421.04219
431.31448
441.45285
451.28534
461.06549
472.32310
481.58391
491.19171
502.27581
511.81921
522.16215
532.19933
542.27707
551.22519
562.24462
571.27673
581.74452
591.52962
601.92776
612.54179
623.49424
632.82271
641.27106
651.40216
661.08554
671.18694
681.03166
691.97202
701.13672
711.78846
721.89123
731.54785
741.61382
752.07479
761.82144
771.12454
781.87248
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Given the average, what do you think the sum of the 78 numbers will be? After modifying some numbers what will the new sum be? What should you do with these numbers? Please write back.
 
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