SOLUTION: The average age of the two Jones children is 5. The average of the three Smith children is 15. The average age of the five children together is?

Question 145344: The average age of the two Jones children is 5. The average of the three Smith children is 15. The average age of the five children together is?
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If the average age of the two Jones children is 5, then the sum of their ages must be 10, because the average of two values is computed by . Likewise the sum of the 3 Smith childrens' ages must be . That means the sum of all 5 childrens' ages must be , and the average of the 5 is
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