Minimum Value of Age c
CMAT 2023 · Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation · Medium · Averages
Let and be the ages of three persons P, Q and R respectively where are natural numbers. If the average age of P, Q, R is 32 years and if the age of Q is exactly 6 years more than that of P, then what is the minimum possible value of ?
- A.
34 years
- B.
36 years
- C.
38 years
- D.
32 years
Answer
A
Explanation
Average age = 32 . Given . To minimize , we maximize (and thus ). Since . . Since . Max . Min years.
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