GMAT Focus Edition Statistics Q6

This GMAT Focus Edition quant practice question is a problem solving question from statistics and averages. Concept: Computing arithmetic mean of new elements added to a set of data.

Question 6: The average age of a group of 10 students was 20. The average age increased by 2 years when two new students joined the group. What is the average age of the two new students who joined the group?

1. 22 years
2. 30 years
3. 44 years
4. 32 years
5. None of these

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Explanatory Answer

Standard Framework

Description	Number	Average	Sum
Initially	10	20	200
After 2 students join	12	22	264
Sum of ages of 2 new students			264 - 200 = 64 kg

The average age of a group of 10 students is 20.
Therefore, the sum of the ages of all 10 of them = 10 * 20 = 200

When two new students join the group, the average age increases by 2. New average = 22.
Now, there are 12 students.
Therefore, the sum of the ages of all 12 of them = 12 × 22 = 264

Therefore, the sum of the ages of the two new students who joined = 264 - 200 = 64

And the average age of each of the two new students = \\frac{64}{2}) = 32 years.

Choice D is the correct answer.