A. 22
B. 24
C. 12
D. 8
Explanation:
Initial average age of the 10 persons be P.
Age of the new person Q.
Sum of the ages of the initial 10 persons = 10P
New average = (P-3) 10(P-3) = 10P – 42 + Q => Q = 12
Related Mcqs:
- The average age of seven persons sitting in a row facing east is 28 years. If the average age of the first three persons is 21 years and the average age of the last three persons is 34 years, then find the age of the person sitting in the middle of the row?
A. 30 Years
B. 31 years
C. 26 years
D. 33 years - The average weight of 25 persons sitting in a boat had some value. A new person added to them whose weight was 46 kg only. Due to his arrival, the average weight of all the persons decreased by 5 kg. Find the average weight of first 25 persons?
A. 55 kg
B. 62 kg
C. 56 kg
D. None - The average age of a husband and a wife is 23 years when they were married five years ago but now the average age of the husband, wife and child is 20 years(the child was born during the interval). What is the present age of the child?
A. 1 year
B. 2 years
C. 3 years
D. 4 years - The average age of 15 students of a class is 15 years. Out of these, the average age of 5 students is 14 years and that of the other 9 students is 16 years. The age of the 15th student is____________?
A. 11 years
B. 14 years
C. 15 years
D. 15 2/7 years - The average weight of a group of persons increased from 48 kg to 51 kg, when two persons weighing 78 kg and 93 kg join the group. Find the initial number of members in the group?
A. 21
B. 22
C. 23
D. 24 - The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one year less than the average age of the whole team. What is the average of the team?
A. 23 years
B. 24 years
C. 25 years
D. None of these - Three years ago the average age of a family of six members was 19 years. A boy have been born, the average age of the family is the same today. What is the age of the boy?
A. 1 year
B. 1.5 years
C. 2 years
D. 2.5 years - The present average age of a family of five members is 26 years. If the present age of the youngest member in the family is ten years, then what was the average age of the family at the time of the birth of the youngest member ? (Assume no death occurred in the family since the birth of the youngest).
A. 18 years
B. 14 years
C. 20 years
D. 16 years - A family consists of grandparents, parents and three grandchildren. The average age of the grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents is 35 years and that of the grandchildren is 6 years. What is the average age of the family?
A. 28 4/7 years
B. 31 5/7 years
C. 32 1/7 years
D. None of these - The average age of students of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of boys in the class is 16.4 years and that of the girls is 15.4 years. The ration of the number of boys to the number of girls in the class is___________?
A. 1:2
B. 2:3
C. 3:4
D. 3:5
