Change of the average when a number is removed

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The average of 21 members is 30. The largest number is 50. If we remove the largest number then the average of remaining numbers will be?

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The sum of the thirty numbers is $n \cdot \overline x= \color{blue}{21} \cdot \overline x$, where $\overline x$ is the average of the thirty numbers.

Edit: blue printed have been edited.

Then subtract the largest number from the result. After that, divide the new result by (n-1).