SOLUTION: In a Family of six the average age is 24 years old. How can you find out the age of each family member with only this information given? I know that the total of all the ages has
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Question 429720: In a Family of six the average age is 24 years old. How can you find out the age of each family member with only this information given? I know that the total of all the ages has to equal 144.
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can't. You have six variables and only one constraint, that the sum of the ages must be 144.
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