alleryStart learning →The mean age of three children is 10 years. Two of them are 8 and 9 years old. How old is the third?
A13
B12
C11
D10
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. 13
The three ages total 30, the two known ones total 17, so the third child is 13.
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