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The following are the ages (years) of 5 people in a room:
25, 22, 13, 14, 21
A person enters the room.
The mean age of the 6 people is now 22.
What is the age of the person who entered the room?
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Answer 1

Explanation:

First add all of the numbers together

25+22+13+14+21=82

Now add a variable like X since we don't know the age of the sixth, and divide it by 6 since there are 6 people in the class.

82+X/6=22

(22 is the mean age)

Now solve for the equation

82+X=132

so X =50