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5 October, 02:16

The mean age of 5 people in a room is 40 years.

A person enters the room.

The mean age is now 37.

What is the age of the person who entered the room?

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  1. 5 October, 02:39
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    22years

    Step-by-step explanation:

    The sum of ages of people in the room is 40 * 5 = 200

    [ Remember mean = total ahead of people / number of people]

    Let the age of the 6th person be X

    200+x. / 6 = 37

    200 + x = 37 * 6 = 222

    x = 222 - 200 = 22
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