The Mean Problem

Can you work out the four unknown numbers from the clues about their means?
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The Mean Problem




There are four unknown numbers.

The mean of the first two numbers is 4.

The mean of the first three numbers is 9.

The mean of all four numbers is 15.

If one of the four numbers is 2, what are the others?