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A family consists of two grandparents, two parents and four children. Two years ago, the average age of the grandparents was 72 years. One year ago, the average age of parents was 36 years. At present, the average age of the children is 12 years. What is the present average age of the family? |
32 years 33.75 years 32.75 years 33 years |
33.75 years |
ATQ, Sum of grandparent's age, 2 years ago ⇒ 72×2 = 144 Sum of grandparent's present age ⇒ 144+4 = 148 Sum of parent's age, one year ago ⇒ 36×2 = 72 Sum of parent's present age ⇒ 72+2 = 74 Sum of children's present age ⇒ 12×4 = 48 Present average age of family ⇒ \(\frac{148+74+48}{8}\) = 33.75 |