197. Test Series. Professor Tester conducts a series of tests, based on which he assigns the test subject an average score. After answering the last test, John realized that if he had scored 97 points on this last test, his average score would have been 90. On the other hand, if he had scored only 73 points on the last test, his average score would still have been 87. How many tests are in Professor Tester's series?
197. If the difference in points obtained in one test, equal to $97-73=24$ points, causes a change in the average score by $90-87=3$ points, then the series contains a total of $\frac{24}{3}=8$ tests.