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prealgebra intermediate

Problem

The average age of 33 fifth-graders is 11. The average age of 55 of their parents is 33. What is the average age of all of these parents and fifth-graders?
Solution
The sum of the ages of the fifth graders is while the sum of the ages of the parents is Therefore, the sum of all their ages is Since there are people in total, their average age is
Final answer
24.75