In a company of Clergymen, Doctors and Lawyers it is found that the sum of the ages of all present is 2160; their average age is 36; the average age of the Clergymen and the Doctors is 39; the average age of the Doctors the Lawyers is (32 + 8/11); the average age of the Clergymen and the Lawyers is (36 + 2/3).
If each Clergymen had been 2 years, each Lawyer 5 years, and each Doctor 7 years older, the average age of everyone present would have been greater by 5 years.
Determine the number of each profession present and their average ages.
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In a company of Clergymen, Doctors and Lawyers it is found that the sum of the ages of all present is 2160; their average age is 36; the average age of the Clergymen and the Doctors is 39; the average age of the Doctors the Lawyers is (32 + 8/11); the average age of the Clergymen and the Lawyers is (36 + 2/3).
If each Clergymen had been 2 years, each Lawyer 5 years, and each Doctor 7 years older, the average age of everyone present would have been greater by 5 years.
Determine the number of each profession present and their average ages.
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