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The average weight of 6 persons increases by 3.5 kg when a new person comes in place of one of them weighing 59 kg. What might be the weight of the new person ?

average weight of 6 persons increases by 3.5 kg when a new person comes in place of IMPLIES the new person must compensate the increase in weight to existing 6 people = 3.5*6=21

Weight of the person = 59kg

Therefore weight of the person = 59 + 21 = 80kg
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The average weight of 6 persons increases by 3.5 kg when a new person comes in place of one of them weighing 59 kg. What might be the weight of the new person ?

(A) 76 kg
(B) 80 kg
(C) 85 kg
(D) 86 kg
(E) 87 kg

Why does the average increase by 3.5? Because the new person had an extra of 3.5 * 6 (for all 6 people) which was distributed evenly among them.
Hence weight of the new person would be 59 + 3.5*6 = 80 kg

Answer (B)

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