# Without using a FROM clause in the outer query, return the total number of distinct products sold in

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Domain: SQL · Difficulty: medium

## Problem

Without using a FROM clause in the outer query, return the total number of distinct products sold in transactions as product_count and the overall average transaction amount rounded to 2 decimals as avg_amount

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