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[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 11-09-06] [Hit: ]
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A school has 20 teachers. one of the teacher retires at the age of 60 years and a new teacher replaces him. this reduces the average age of the staff by 2 yrs. then the age of new teacher is?

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we will call the group of the other 19 teachers = x

(x + 60) / 20 = average (which we will call y)

so
(x + 60) / 20 = y

call the new teacher z
(x + z) / 20 = y - 2
x + z = 20y - 40

x + 60 = 20y
x + z + 40 = 20y

so for
x + 60 = 20y
and
x + z + 40 = 20y
then
z + 40 = 60

60 = z + 40
20 = z

the new teacher is twenty years old

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you have to know the average ages of the other teachers to calculate.
Otherwise you cannot know the age of the new teacher though you could probably express it as a variable in a equation.

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missing information

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not enough info to complete

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x + 60 = 20y
x + z + 40 = 20y

x + 60 = x + z + 40
x + 60 - x - 40 = z
20 = z

z = 20

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