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Question Number 21685 by Tinkutara last updated on 30/Sep/17
In a group of ten persons, each person  is asked to write the sum of the ages of  all the other 9 persons. If all the ten  sums form the 9-element set {82, 83, 84,  85, 87, 90, 91, 92} find the individual  ages of the persons (assuming them to  be whole numbers of years).
$$\mathrm{In}\:\mathrm{a}\:\mathrm{group}\:\mathrm{of}\:\mathrm{ten}\:\mathrm{persons},\:\mathrm{each}\:\mathrm{person} \\ $$$$\mathrm{is}\:\mathrm{asked}\:\mathrm{to}\:\mathrm{write}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{sum}\:\mathrm{of}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{ages}\:\mathrm{of} \\ $$$$\mathrm{all}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{other}\:\mathrm{9}\:\mathrm{persons}.\:\mathrm{If}\:\mathrm{all}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{ten} \\ $$$$\mathrm{sums}\:\mathrm{form}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{9}-\mathrm{element}\:\mathrm{set}\:\left\{\mathrm{82},\:\mathrm{83},\:\mathrm{84},\right. \\ $$$$\left.\mathrm{85},\:\mathrm{87},\:\mathrm{90},\:\mathrm{91},\:\mathrm{92}\right\}\:\mathrm{find}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{individual} \\ $$$$\mathrm{ages}\:\mathrm{of}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{persons}\:\left(\mathrm{assuming}\:\mathrm{them}\:\mathrm{to}\right. \\ $$$$\left.\mathrm{be}\:\mathrm{whole}\:\mathrm{numbers}\:\mathrm{of}\:\mathrm{years}\right). \\ $$

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