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The mean age of 5 people in a room is 28 years.

A person enters the room.
The mean age is now 32.
What is the age of the person who entered the room?

User Nomadus
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Answer:

52 years

Explanation:

Since the mean age of 5 people in that room is 28 years,

∴ Sum₍₅₎= (28×5) years

= 140 years

Then, one person enters the room which makes the mean age 32 years.

∴Sum₍₆₎= (32×6)years

= 192 years

∴The age of the person who enters the room= (192 - 140) years

= 52 years

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