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The mean age of 8 women in an office is 20 years old. The mean age of 12 men in an office is 32 years old. What is the mean age (nearest year) of all the people in the office? Answer it please because it would be helpfull alot

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Answer:

27.2

Explanation:

The mean age of 8 women in the office is 20 years old

The mean age of 12 men in an office is 32 years old

The first step is to calculate the mean of the both the men and women in the office, that way we will be able to know the sum.

The mean of the women can be calculated by taking the sum of the value and dividing by the number

= 20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20/8

= 160/8

= 20

The mean of the men can be calculated by taking the sum of the values and dividing by the number

=32+32+32+32+32+32+32+32+32+32+32+32/12

= 384/12

= 32

Therefore, to find the mean age of people in the office we add the sum of both the men and women and divide by the total number of people in the office

= 384+160/20

= 544/20

= 27.2

Hence the mean age of people in the office is 27.2

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