During the 2019 Baseball season, the Pittsburgh Pirates the 25 players had an average (mean) salary of $2.7 million. One of the starting players was placed on injured reserve and a new player was added to the team to replace him.The injured player continued to receive his salary, so now the team was paying for 26 players. After adding the new player the average plater salary fell to $2.6 million.What was the new player paid for the season?  Please include your calculations

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During the 2019 Baseball season, the Pittsburgh Pirates the 25 players had an average (mean) salary of $2.7 million. One of the starting players was placed on injured reserve and a new player was added to the team to replace him.The injured player continued to receive his salary, so now the team was paying for 26 players. After adding the new player the average plater salary fell to $2.6 million.What was the new player paid for the season?  Please include your calculations

 

 

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