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The average weight of 37 students is 42 kg: Let say all of them are of 42 kg each

When their teacher joined them, their average weight increased by 2 kg: This implies that teacher weight is greater than 42.

We have 38 total people after joining of teacher and increase of average by 2 means 38 * 2 = 76. So, 42 + 76 = 118

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Average weight of 37 students is 42 kg. After the teacher joined them, the average weight of the entire group becomes 44 kg.
This means, the total weight of the new group = 44 * 38. This is equivalent to having 38 values of 44 each.

The addition of the new teacher effectively increases the total by 74 kg (37 kg) since it increases the average by 2 kg, so we have 37 values of 44.
Since we need to have 38 values of 44, this balance of 44 has to be because of the teacher.

Therefore, weight of teacher = 74 + 44 = 118 kg.

The correct answer option is D.

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