Average Age

Algebra Level 2

The average age of the people at a meeting is 28 28 . A 13 13 year old leaves the meeting. The average age of the room is now approximately 28.00745 28.00745 . How many people were at the meeting when the average age was 28 28


The answer is 2014.

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3 solutions

Shabarish Ch
Mar 3, 2014

Let there be x x number of people. Their average age is 28 years. So, the sum of all of their ages is 28 x 28x .

When a 13 year old boy leaves, the sum of ages of people in the meeting decreases by 13 and becomes 28 x 13 28x - 13 . The number of people also decreases by 1 and becomes x 1 x - 1 . The new average age is 28.00745 28.00745 .

So, 28 x 13 x 1 = 28.00745 \frac{28x-13}{x-1} = 28.00745 .

On solving this equation, we get x 2014 x \sim 2014

but why the fraction

essam rahim - 7 years, 2 months ago
Uahbid Dey
Apr 8, 2014

say n number of people => total age = 28n after leaving total person is n-1 total age is 28n-13 A/Q 28 n 13 n 1 = 28.00745 \frac{28n-13}{n-1}=28.00745 solving we get, n = 2014.42 => take 2014

Abu Sumaiya
Mar 4, 2014

average age

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