ExamCompetition Forum Question Papers Ask A Question Mock Test Learn & Earn Sign Up Login Menu



0 vote

A group has 6 students and 1 year ago, their average age was 16.5 years. If 1 more student is added in the group, the average age of the group remains same. Find the current age of new member.

Asked on by | Votes 0 | Views: 38 | Tags: average     | quantitative aptitude     | Add Bounty

A group has 6 students and 1 year ago, their average age was 16.5 years. If 1 more student is added in the group, the average age of the group remains same. Find the current age of new member.
1). 9.5 years
2). 11.5 years
3). 10 years
4). 10.5 years


Share on Facebook      Share on Whatsapp       Share on Twitter




1 answers

1 vote
Answered by on | Votes 1 |

Sum of ages of 6 students 1 year ago = 16.5 × 6 = 99

Sum of Current ages of 6 students = 99 + 6 × 1 = 105

Since the average remains same even after adding 1 more student:

∴ Sum of Current ages of 6 students = 16.5 × 7 = 115.5

∴ Age of new student = 115.5 - 105 = 10.5 years

Join Telegram Group




Answer This Question

Name:
Email:
Answer :
Sum of (3+5)
Submit:

Other Questions

1. 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

2. Sachin scored average runs of 45 in 9 test matches. How much should he score in next text match so that his average runs would be 50?

3. In an examination average marks obtained by the girls of a class is 85 and the average marks obtained by the boys of the same class is 87. If the girls and boys are in the ratio 4 : 5, average marks of the whole class (approximately) is closest to

4. The average length of 15 wooden sticks is 20 m. If A new plastic stick of a certain length is added in that 15 wooden bunch then average length is increased by 1 m. Find the length of the new plastic stick.

5. In a locality of 200 families, there are 172 families that have at least one car. 69 families have at least 2 cars. 12 families have at least 3 cars. No family has more than 3 cars. What is the average number of cars that a family has?

6. The arithmetic mean of the following numbers 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,5,5,5,5,5,6,6,6,6,6,6 and 7,7,7,7,7,7,7 is

7. Find the average of first 30 multiples of 7.

8. The average cost of 5 items in a shopping list is Rs 650. If one more item whose cost is Rs 1400 is added to the list what will be the new average (in Rs)?

9. A cricket batsman had a certain average of runs for his 11 innings. In the 12th innings, he made a score of 90 runs and thereby his average of runs was decreased by 5. His average of runs after 12th innings is :

10. A man worked 15 hours a day for the first 4 days, 14 hours a day for the next 3 days but did not work on the 8th day. Then on the average how much did he work in the first eight days?