Can't modify Applications folder without authenticating

I have had two things happen related to the Applications folder that are strange. I am the only user of the computer so I am logged in as the administrator. Here they are: (1) I can't send an application to the trash without being asked to provide my administrator password and (2) I tried to copy an updated version of an application of an application that I already have and a message stated that I did not have sufficient privileges.
I repaired disk permissions but that didn't do any good.
Any suggestions?

Jerry Johnson2 wrote:
I have had two things happen related to the Applications folder that are strange. I am the only user of the computer so I am logged in as the administrator. Here they are: (1) I can't send an application to the trash without being asked to provide my administrator password and (2) I tried to copy an updated version of an application of an application that I already have and a message stated that I did not have sufficient privileges.
I repaired disk permissions but that didn't do any good.
Welcome to Apple's discussion groups.
If you open your computer's main drive, select your computer's Application folder, and invoke the Finder menu item File -> Get Info, in the "Sharing & Permissions" section which "Names" have "Read & Write" privilege? What's the answer to the same question if you repeat that operation with a random file in your Documents folder?

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