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The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicketkeeper is 3 years older than the captain. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one year less than the whole team. What is the average age of the team?

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23 years
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24 years
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25 years
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None of these
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Solution

The correct option is A 23 years
Given that the captain age is 26 years.
Given that wicket-keeper age is 3 years older than the captain.
Therefore, the wicket-keeper age is 26+3=29 years.
Let the average age of the whole team be ¯x

Therefore, ¯x=sum of the ages of the whole team members11

11¯x=26+29+sum of the ages of the remaining 9 team members

sum of the ages of the remaining 9 team members=11¯x55 -------(1)

Given that the average of the remaining 9 players is one year less the whole team.
Therefore, average of the remaining team is ¯x1

¯x1=sum of the ages of the remaining 9 team members9

sum of the ages of the remaining 9 team members=9¯x9 ------(2)

from (1) and (2) we get

11¯x55=9¯x9

11¯x9¯x=559

2¯x=46

¯x=23

Therefore, the average of the team is 23 years

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