document.write( "Question 1089235: Three years ago the average age of a family of 5 members is 27 years. On the addition of a child to the family, the average age of the family is still 27 years. Find the present age of the child. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So,  the answer  12 years  is mathematically and formally correct.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Thus the child is  12  years old.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "But then the problem formulation loses its sense,  because the child,  the 6-th member of the family,  just was present three years ago.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The conclusion is that the problem is   EITHER  a)  self-contradictory,   OR  b)  nonsense,   OR   c)  is incorrectly formulated.\r
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