Given:
The mean age of 5 people in a room is 26 years.
A person enters the room. The mean age is now 33.
To find:
The age of the person who entered the room.
Solution:
Formula for mean:
The mean age of 5 people in a room is 26 years.
The mean age is now 33. It means, the mean age of 6 people is 33.
Now, the age of the person who entered the room is
Required age = Sum of ages of 6 people - Sum of ages of 5 people
=
=
Therefore, the age of the person who entered the room is 68 years.