Question

The following are the ages (years) of 5 people in a room: 15, 17, 22, 14, 19 A person enters the room. The mean age of the 6 people is now 19. What is the age of the person who entered the room?

Answer 1

27

Explanation:

Given that:

(15+17+22+14+19+x) divided by 6 = 19

(87 + x) divided by 6 = 19

87 +x = 114

so x = 27.

Therefore the age of person 6 = 27