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Aptitude Day 180

Problems to solve:

1. A cricketer has a certain average for 5 innings. In the 6th inning, he scored 96 runs, thereby increasing his average by 5 runs. His new average is:

2. The average age of husband and wife was 25 years at the time of their marriage. After 3 years they have a one-year-old child. The average age of the family now is:

  

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