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In a company average age of female employees is 24 years. Average age of all the employees is 32 years. If number of male and female is same, then what will be the average age of male employees?

  1. 40 years

  2. 42 years

  3. 48 years

  4. 38 years
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Explanation

Let the number of male and female employees each be n. Total age of females = 24n. Total age of all employees = 32 × 2n = 64n. Total age of males = 64n - 24n = 40n. Average age of males = 40n/n = 40 years.

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