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Profession and Average Age (Posted on 2010-09-16) Difficulty: 3 of 5
In a company of Clergymen, Doctors and Lawyers it is found that the sum of the ages of all present is 2160; their average age is 36; the average age of the Clergymen and the Doctors is 39; the average age of the Doctors and the Lawyers is (32 + 8/11); the average age of the Clergymen and the Lawyers is (36 + 2/3).

If each Clergymen had been 2 years older, each Lawyer 5 years older, and each Doctor 7 years older, then the average age of everyone present would have been greater by 5 years.

Determine the number of each profession present and their average ages.

  Submitted by K Sengupta    
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16 clergymen of average age 45, 24 doctors of average age 35, and 20 lawyers of average age 30.

For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Charlie in this location.

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  Subject Author Date
SolutionsolutionCharlie2010-09-16 21:51:04
a hexy problemed bottemiller2010-09-16 18:44:30
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