The numbers don't add up

Sloppiness on the second episode of Numb3rs: Early on, we are told that the bank robbers have taken an average of $2700 over the course of 16 robberies. Later, we are told that they varied from taking hundreds of thousands one job to some small amount the next. Well, if they took hundreds of thousands, they must have stolen negative amounts later; the total for 16 robberies averaging $2700 apiece is less than fifty grand.

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