The following are the ages (years) of 5 people in a room: 17, 21, 15, 15, 25 A person enters the room. The mean age of the

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The following are the ages (years) of 5 people in a room:
17, 21, 15, 15, 25
A person enters the room.
The mean age of the 6 people is now 25.
What is the age of the person who entered the room?

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Ladonna 3 years 2021-08-18T00:34:05+00:00 1 Answers 33 views 0

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  1. Philomena
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    2021-08-18T00:35:54+00:00
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    Answer:

    57 years

    Step-by-step explanation:

    The mean of a set of numbers is given as the ratio of the sum of the numbers to the number of numbers in the given data set.

    Hence given that the age of 5 people are 17, 21, 15, 15, 25 and a 6th person joins the set, making the mean age 25, let the age of the new person that joined be x then

    25 = (x + 17 + 21 + 15 + 15 + 25)/6

    25 = (x + 93)/6

    Multiply both sides by 6

    150 = x + 93

    subtract 93 from both sides

    x = 150 – 93

    x = 57 years

    The age of the person who entered the room is 57 years

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